By Olasunkanmi
Akoni Operatives of the Rapid
Response Squad, RRS, Lagos State Police Command have arrested one Emmanuel
John, 26 years old for duplicating the car key of his boss, Mrs. Flora Ighalo,
and later absconded with it without the knowledge of the owner. carThe suspect
was arrested at Abraham Adesanya Estate, Lekki penultimate Sunday by the
operatives for stealing his boss’s car, a Toyota Corolla, Epe 642 DX with the
aim aim of taking the car to a valentine party at Splash Hotel, Sangotedo,
Ajah. According to John, he had about a week before carrying out the act cut the
Toyota Corolla key without the knowledge of his boss.
However, on February 14,
2016, Sunday afternoon, when he was not supposed to be at work John sneaked
into the Abraham Adesanya Estate residence of her boss and drove the car away
with the duplicated key. John narrated thus, “I and my friend, Oscar, wanted to
carry the Toyota Corolla to Splash Hotel’s Valentine Show on Sunday night. I
persuaded Madam to give the go ahead to cut a spare key but she declined. A
week before, February 14th, I duplicated the key without her knowledge in
Obalende. “Though, she excused me from work on Sundays, I sneaked into her
resident and took away the car after church. I took the car to my residence in
Ajuwe Area, Ajah, Lagos. “My plan was that, after the valentine show, it’s
going to be stressful for me to leave the show around 3:00 a.m, go home and
freshen up and set out for Abraham Adesanya Estate around 4:00 a.m. for the
day’s work, with the car, it will make it easy for me to make it to work.
“After driving the car round Ajah, I was on my way home at around 8:00 p.m.
when I saw madam calling my set. She asked me where I was and I told her and
she said I should come to her house that I was going to take her somewhere. I
turned the car and I headed towards Abraham Adesanya Estate. “I was in Abraham
Adesanya Estate Roundabout trying to enter the Estate, when a man double
crossed me and RRS officials arrested me. They asked me where I took the car to
since morning and I explained everything to them. “Madam has been very nice to
me. She pays N35, 000 monthly salary. I am almost like her family member. I am
always at ease with her and her family.” Ighalo, a tax consultant, said, “At
about 8:20 p.m., I was seeing off my in-law and to my surprise, I discovered
that my car has been removed from the park. “I immediately called few friends
and one of them, got in touch with the operatives of RRS but it never occurred
to me that my driver could take a vehicle I just brought from the church, with
its key in my hand without my notice.
Besides, he was not supposed to come to
work on Sunday.” She queried, “Could he have come to my house without my
consent and take away my car? The car has only one key. Where could he have
gotten another key? Ighalo continued: “I called him to ask him where he is and
he told me that he was at home. I told him to come and pick me to somewhere, he
said okay. He came and we saw the car with him”, she explained. Confirming the
story, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Dolapo Badmos, stated
that the suspect had been transferred to Special Anti Robbery Squad, SARS, for
further investigation. “It is important to determine if the suspect acted alone
or he has an accomplice”, she added.
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