
A 22-year-old housemaid of a politician, Hajia Bilikisu Gambari was arrested by Lagos State magistrates’ court sitting in Wharf-Apapa for allegedly stealing her property valued at $30,000 (N7m).
Gambari is a former Peoples Democratic Party senatorial aspirant for Kwara-Central senatorial district. The housemaid, Mary David, was arraigned before the court with her boyfriend, Tijani Usman (aka TJ), who reportedly connived with others at large, to lure her into the thievery.
Three of the fleeing suspects were identified as Peter, Destiny and an unnamed ‘foreigner’. Peter was said to be a brother of Usman.
On September 19, Peter introduced David to the syndicate for a purported money processing business and told her to steal her boss’ valuables to procure chemicals for the processing.
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She was said to have stolen Gambari’s $10,000 (about N2m) kept in an envelope, her two golden bangles reportedly valued at $20,000 (about N4m) and a N1m cheque and took them to the syndicate’s hideout in Ajegunle.
The police said David, who reportedly fled the boss’ residence on Ladipo Oluwole Street in Apapa after the alleged theft on September 20, agreed to the deal with a promise that she would be given double of the funds she raised.
Our correspondent learnt that she had gone to collect her share the following day only to be told that the money she brought was fake.
She said, “I know Peter as a brother to my boyfriend, TJ. On September 19, he (Peter) took me to a place in Ajegunle where he introduced a man to me who claimed to be a foreigner. I also met TJ, one Destiny and other people there.
“They said the foreigner wanted to ‘wash’ money and told me to bring my boss’ money. I searched her bag and found an envelope containing a foreign currency but I did not know the specific amount in it. I took the money and her two golden bangles to them. On getting there, I met TJ and he told me not to worry.
“The following Monday, Peter told me that the money I brought was fake. He gave me fake $4,000 and told me to return it to my boss.”
Gambari told the police that she employed David four months ago through an agent in Kwara on a monthly salary of N10,000, adding that she discovered that her valuables were missing the day David fled the house.
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