The suspect, who is from Kwara
State was tracked and arrested in Kaduna State by the operatives of the rapid
response squad attached to the Lagos State Command.
It was learnt that the driver
took the goods from the Slot Nigeria shop at Computer Village, Ikeja to Kaduna
State, While N4, 654,224 worth of goods was recovered from him.
The driver, who was employed by the
company in March, 2017, by the company, was said to have been directed to take
the consignment to Slot Outlet in Victoria Island in May 2017, when the
incident happened.
According to the suspect, a
diploma in computer science holder, “I took the goods from slot’s shop in Ikeja
when I divert it.
He said: “I was to deliver it
to another outlet in Victoria Island, but instead I took the goods to Pam-pam
hotel, Ikeja, while I returned the company’s Hilux van to R and
S hotel, where we park the company’s
vehicles after the day work.”
“This was not the first time I would
be moving laptops, mobile phones and their accessories from out outlets to the
other. When I joined the Slot Company in March I was assigned the job of a
delivery man, since then I have been thinking of how to divert goods and
abscond.”
He added that: “as soon as it
was 5pm that fateful day, I took a drop from R and S hotel with the consignment
to Ejigbo area of the state, where I boarded a Kaduna bus.
Babajide said, before he got
to Kaduna State, “I have already contacted a buyer. Who bought N1.4million
worth of phones, laptops and phone accessories from me, while I also sold some
in unit to other buyers as well?”
A Source was said to have told
the police that the suspect at Kudana gave out about 10 mobile phones to
passers-by. And his new mistress and bought a Peugeot 206, 1999 model with
registration number DKA 859 KA from the proceeds from the sales for
N912,000:00.
The suspect who is a father of
three was said to have also procured a 32 inch Samsung LCD for N62, 000:00.
Also lodge in the hotel abandoning his wife and children in the Kadauna.
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