…Nobody spoils his car, manager
Stanley Ihedigbo
The HP Laptop of Mr Vincent Eboigbe, the Deputy Editor of Saturday
New Telegraph Newspaper, has been stolen at the Lagos State Cooperative
Federation (LASCOFED), located along Wempco Road, Ogba, Lagos State.
The thieves burgled his car boot and disappeared with his laptop
and bag, while he stepped into LASCOFED to eat.
The bag contained the laptop and other vital documents, including
his university certificate. It was gathered that was not the first time
important items, belonging to customers would be stolen.
According to Eboigbe, what happened to him on April 15th was
shocking to him. He said: “The laptop
contained valuable information of many years.”
Recollecting the events of that fateful day, he said: “I left my
office with my laptop in my car boot. I drove to LASCOFED to eat at about 8pm. I
didn’t spend up to 20 minutes before I left and drove straight home. On getting
home, I went to the boot of my car to take out my laptop and discovered that it
was gone.”
He further said: “Immediately, I knew something had gone wrong. I
didn’t stop anywhere that evening after leaving office. I drove straight from
office to LASCOFED, then from there to my house.”
Eboigbe said that after mapping out his movement, he knew that the
laptop was stolen at LASCOFED. He went to the place that same night and met the
manager, who introduced himself as Mr Isaiah.
“I complained to him; he said that I should follow him. He expressed
shock over the loss of my laptop. He called one of the workers, who were
sitting on the bonnet of one of the parked vehicles,” said Eboigbe.
He said: “Mr. Isaiah narrated what happened to me to the
worker. Isaiah said that he suspected him (workers). He said that he knows
something about the missing laptop. The worker protested his innocence. The
manager was very furious. He appeared to be sure that the worker took the
laptop or had something to do with it.”
He further explained that the worker and the manager nearly
engaged in a fight over the stolen laptop computer.
“This particular worker tried to fight his manager, who he figured
him on the laptop computer disappearance. For me, I was not interested in what
they were doing; all I wanted was my laptop. It was getting late. I couldn’t go
to the police station to report the incident.”
The following day, Eboigbe went to Pen-Cinema Police Station to
lodge a complaint. Police went with him to LASCOFED. The manager of the place,
who had earlier accused one of his workers of being behind the theft, changed
his narrative. Isaiah insisted that there no time he accused any of his worker
of taking the laptop.
Eboigbe said: “After
several arguments over the stolen laptop, the police insisted that I should go
with them to see the Divisional Police Officer (DPO). Later, the
manager claimed that the laptop didn’t get stolen in their premises. But I’m
100 percent certain my laptop was stolen there. Even on that day, the manager said
that was not the first time such a thing was happening there.”
Eboigbe said the atmosphere of security created by LASCOFED once
someone drives through the gate was deceitful and shouldn’t be.
His words: “As I drive into the place, the security officers at
the gate gave me a tagged card. When police asked the manager, he told them
that they always have security guards parading up and down where customers
parked their vehicles for safety. He also said that on the day my laptop
computer was stolen, the security guard was off duty. The policeman asked the
manager if one guard was off, who takes over his duty. The manager said that
they have only one guard, who parades the compound, watching over customers
vehicles. I observed that the place where their customers parked their vehicles
was very dark. It is because it’s very dark, with no light to illuminate the
place that some criminal elements do stand by customers’ cars, pretending they
are owners. They have master keys to unlock the doors of the cars and steal
valuables. They must find a way to either return my laptop or make some kind of
compensation. I have given it a thought. As the manager said that, it was not the
first time such a thing was happening there. If something is not done, it would
continue. I’m trying to act so that someone will not fall victim tomorrow. I’m
sure the management of the place would provide security to the place, ensure
light all over the place or put Closed Circuit television (CCTV).”
Speaking with our correspondent, Isaiah said: “The man come to
patronize us. He actually complained about loss of his laptop. At the end of
the day, there was no evidence to show that his car boot was burgled or to
indicate that someone actually stole his laptop and other items. This is the first
thing such a thing is happening here. We have not recorded any incident of any customer
losing their property in our premises.”
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