Housekeeper, 28, faces N15m jewellery theft charge

A 28-year-old housekeeper, Hope Hazhi, was on Wednesday brought before a Tinubu Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly stealing her employer’s jewellery worth N15 million.

Hazhi, who gave her residential address as Akpako House, Ipare area of Lekki, Lagos, is facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and stealing.
She, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
But the prosecutor, ASP Chidi Okoye told the court that Hazhi committed the offences with others still at large on April 30 at No. 10, Susan Oji St., Ikota Royal Estate, Ajah, on Lekki-Epe Expressway.
According to Okoye, the housekeeper stole a Audmairs Piguet rose gold wristwatch, diamond earrings, and a gold necklace, all valued at N15million, property of her employer, Mrs Tamaratari Owffefere.
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