Police Nabs House Girl For Bolting With Boss’s $10,000
The Lagos State Police Command yesterday said they have apprehended one Blessing Paul, a house girl for allegedly stealing her boss’ $10,000 in Gbagada area of the state.
According to the Police Public Relations Officer, Olarinde Famous-Cole, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Paul was said to have by force opened the boss’ room with a knife and stole the money while the woman was at work.
It was gathered that the house help, who had been stealing money and other valuables from her victim’s home, handed over the foreign currencies to the house guard identified as Daniel.
The guard, it was gathered, handed the money to a security man at another residence in Gbagada, who in turn took it to a Bureau De Change (BDC) operator for the Naira equivalent.
But the operator was said to have told policemen he received only about $5,000 from Amos.
Instead of giving them N360/USD, the BDC operator gave the suspects at N86 per dollar, thereby shortchanging the alleged thieves of more than two million naira.
According to Famous-Cole, the woman they stole from was one Mrs. Tokunbo, saying the maid confessed that the woman has been very kind to her, adding that she usually bought clothes and gift items for her to take to her family in Benue State.
Cole said that the BDC operator gave the suspects N870, 000 as equivalent for $5,000, adding that the police have recovered N400, 000 from them.
“We also found N400, 000 in the maid’s bank account but we are following court’s procedure to seize the money. The BDC operator was allegedly given $10,000 but he claimed he only received $5,000. Investigation revealed that money and valuables have been missing in the house, but the woman didn’t suspect the maid until the theft of foreign currency last week.”
