Thieves appear to be targeting the treasure boxes of wives of Nigeria’s retired generals with another case of a house help who stole the jewellery of the wife of General Olu Bajowa.
Last month in Kano, thieves stole the N20million jewellery of Mariam, wife of the late Nigerian dictator, General Sani Abacha.
The latest incident happened in Ibadan.Click on read more below to continue....
The suspect, Kingsley Aimekhu , a house help of the former acting Military Governor, South East Region and River States and ex- Ondo State Gubernatorial candidate, General Olu Bajowa, stole the jewellery, worth N25m from the wife of the General.
Aimekhu has been arrested and currently cooling his heels at the police cell alongside his accomplice, Alhaji Umaru Haruna .
Haruna buys and sells stolen property at Sabo Area of Ibadan, capital of Oyo State.The alleged thief stole the property in the General’s house in Ibadan.
The alleged thief who was on the run for some days was eventually tracked down by policemen attached to the Monitoring Unit of Oyo State Police Command.P.M. NEWS gathered that luck ran out of the thief when Mrs. Bajowa suspected that the only person that could do such a job was her ex-house help which led her mentioning him to the police.P.M. NEWS gathered that the police succeeded in arresting him through his friend who led them to where he was hiding.
Confessing, Aimekhu said that he sold the jewellery to Alhaji Haruna at Sabo at the price of N13m adding that the Alhaji specializes in buying stolen property adding that out of the N13m, he bought Volkswagen Bora car.Aimekhu stated that he worked
for his victim for two and half years before he was sacked
stressing that he decided to go into stealing because he was
jobless.Narrating how he was arrested, he said, “I know
everything about the house and I know when my master will not
be around. So, on September 29, 2012 around 9a.m, I went to the house knowing that nobody would be at home. I jumped in and went to my madam’s room and stole her jewellery, wrist watch
and other things.
He disclosed to PM NEWS that he has a house in Ibadan which
he built from the proceeds made from criminal acts.Haruna, who bought the jewellery, admitted that though, he bought it at N13m; he knew that it was more valuable.
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