A robbery suspect, Mr. Danie Usman, confessed that he stole a Hyundai
jeep belonging to his boss, simply identified as Xans, to punish him for
cheating him.According to Punch newspaper, the suspect had confessed to removing the vehicle from the
company yard at Ado-Ekiti and was enroute to Abuja to sell it when he
was apprehended.
The CP said,
“Usman said he was forced into the crime to punish Xans who was the site manager of the company.
“He
said Xans, who is his direct supervisor, had used him many times to
allegedly commit several crime of cheating the company of its money and
resources.
The suspect informed the police that his master stole the company’s
money through three private bank accounts with and that he didn’t
compensate him.
“The driver said the idea of selling the jeep came to him as a last
option when he demanded from his master N500,000 to buy a small car but
he gave him only N300,000 instead.
“That was why he was in Lagos with
the car where he was offered N1m. He changed his mind to go to Abuja
for a better offer before his arrest by our team near Jebba Bridge.”