A 27-year-old housemaid, Mariam Acheme, and four others have been arrested for allegedly robbing the housemaid’s boss.
According to police authorities, the housemaid invited her boyfriend, Dansu Akokran, and another person at large to rob her boss and also stage her own kidnap.
The Police Public Relations Officer of the state command, Ngozi Braide, said, “On November 26, 2012, the housemaid invited her boyfriend to her boss’ house when the madam had gone out. On getting to the house, the boyfriend and another person ransacked the entire house.
“They vandalised the doors and also stole all the valuables. The housemaid then padlocked the gate from outside and fled with them.”
When the owner of the house arrived, she discovered that all her valuables were gone and Acheme was nowhere to be found.
Braide said, “The madam told the police that some men called and said they had kidnapped the housemaid. The men asked for N5m and said if the money was not paid, they would not release her. The housemaid spoke to her ‘madam’ on the phone, crying and telling her that she was being tortured by the kidnappers and urged her boss to pay the ransom immediately.
Detectives at the station were able to establish contact with the kidnappers and urged them to collect N1m. The kidnappers then sent a bank account number which the money should be paid into.”
Through the bank account number, policemen traced the owner, Prosper Tatou, a bricklayer to Agbara area of Ogun State and accosted him.
“Tatou then led us to a deserted building where his brother lives. At the house, we were able to arrest those who masterminded the purported kidnap.” Detectives were however shocked when they saw the housemaid in the compound.
“That was when we discovered that she connived with her boyfriend to commit the crime,” the police source said.
- Punch
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