The police have arrested three guards of Finesse Security Limited over alleged looting of goods worth over N30million by armed robbers at Ikota Shopping Complex, Victoria Garden City (VGC), Lekki Peninsula, Lagos.
The robbers invaded the complex with about 1,850 shops in the early hours of March 7, and raided the shop owned by the CEO, Superior Mobile Investment Limited, Dr. Helen Eto.
The guards allegedly claimed that they forgot to lock the gate of the facility, which gave the hoodlums access to cart away phones, other goods from the freshly restocked shop.
Lamenting her ordeal to the police in Ajah and State Investigative Bureau (SIB), Panti, Yaba, Mrs. Eto said: “We took bank loan for the business plus our savings.
“We plead that the police should help us to get to the bottom of the looting as our BPs have shot up sharply because this is our main source of livelihood. A list of the goods looted from the shop was/is attached to my statements at Ajah Police Station and SIB, Yaba.”
Omokioja Julius Eto, Chairman, Editorial Board of The Daily Times and a media consultant, corroborated his wife’s account.
Eto said: “The robbery is shocking because the security gate is inaccessible even to shop owners at night, our shop is just a stone’s throw from the gate and it would have taken about at least two hours to cut through the shop’s security system.
“This makes us to strongly see the guards as the main suspects. We were not immediately notified by the security firm or the facility managers (HFP) of the robbery which we only got to be aware of at about 8:20am through one of our employees.
“Since the break-in on March 7 till today March 30, Finesse Security Ltd has not called to sympathize with us but has been evading our calls and texts to its MD whom we learnt travelled abroad after the robbery.
“We have been doing everything to support the police investigation despite our predicament and hope they will bring the culprits to justice.”