The suspect claimed that after stealing and bolting
with his Indian boss’s Toyota Highlander Sport Utility (SUV), the man had been
appearing in his dreams to attack him. He later discovered that waking up from
one of the nightmares that he was now urinating blood. He alleged that the
Indian boss was behind his ordeal.
Zamzam, who appeared glad to have been arrested by
the police, said: “Whenever I’m sleeping, my boss would appear in my dream,
tormenting me. When I wake up, I will start convulsing. I have been urinating blood in the last seven
days. Please help me to beg him to leave
me alone. I have assisted the police to recover his vehicle, but he still keeps
tormenting me. He has made my manhood to stop working. I’m begging him to leave
me alone because I have returned his vehicle to him.”
He explained that his troubles started after he stole
his Indian boss’s SUV and sold it.
According to Zamzam, he stole Kamal’s SUV out of
anger and did not even enjoy the proceeds of the sale. He said that after
selling the car, the buyer made half payment and while he was still waiting for
the buyer to complete the payment, the man disappeared into thin air.
He decided to take the part payment to Borno State,
to his sick mother, who was dying in IDP came. On his way, he and other
travellers were attacked by members of the dreaded Boko Haram and all the money
taken from him.
Zamzam, a professional driver was arrested IRT
operatives, who trailed him to Maiduguri, Borno State.
The suspect explained that he stole Kamal’s vehicle
because the Indian refused to give him salary advance. He said that he needed
the advancement to buy food for his wife, children and to also care for his
sick mother, who was in the village, at
Angala Local Government Area of Borno State,
He became after Kamal refused his request for salary
advance. He said that something told him to run away with the vehicle. He sold
the vehicle to a man, Adamu, who he met at Victoria Island, Lagos for N500,
000.
Police disclosed that Kamal, who was dismayed after
his vehicle was stolen, wrote a petition to the IGP, Adamu Mohammed, pleading
for the arrest of his driver who was in possession of his SUV.
A crack team of operatives, drafted from the Lagos
Annex office of IRT, led by Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), Philips
Rieninwa, were deployed to Borno State to track down the driver and recover the
vehicle.
After weeks of combing the nooks and cranny of
Maiduguri metropolis, Zamzam was located. He also led operatives to Adam’s
house where the SUV was recovered.
Zamzam, who said that he resides at Agidigbin area
of Lagos State, added: “I work with an Indian company that produce cartons at
Shagamu area of Ogun State. I got the
job last year. My salary is N45, 000. My job is to drive the manager of the
company from Surulere to the factory in Shagamu. Sometime in July 2018, before
I left for work, my wife told me that my child has no food. I told her that I
had no money. I begged her to look for where to borrow money that when I returned
from work, I would repay the debt. She accepted. On my way to work, I got a
call from my village that my mother was very sick. They said money was needed
to take her to hospital.”
He further said: “Before now, my mother has been
sick. She became hypertensive after two of my brothers were killed by members
of the Boko Haram sect. My late brothers left five children behind. I have been
the only person fending for mother and my brothers’ children. When I got the
call that she was at the point of death, I was worried. When I got to work, I
called my boss and told him what was happening to me. I told him that I needed
money to feed my wife and my children. I needed money to send to my sick mother
and buy foodstuffs for my wife. I told
him to give me the money out of my salary because I had worked for 24 days in
that month.”
He said that instead of Kamal to listen and show a
bit of human sympathy and kindness, the Indian threatened to sack him.
His words: “He refused and threatened to sack me for
asking for my salary before the end of the month. I begged him to help me and
he insisted in sacking me. I took the car and I went to a beer palour; I had never
taken alcohol, but because of what he told me, I went and bought a bottle of
beer. I went to Victoria Island and sold the car for N1.2million. The buyer
gave me part payment and later ran away with the vehicle. I took the money quickly to my village, but
on our way, Boko Haram attacked us and made away with the money.”
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