A 20-year- old security guard from Chibok community, Borno State, James Jacob, has been arrested by the police for allegedly carting away property worth millions of naira from his employer’s Lagos apartment.
The suspect, according to police source, conspired with an accomplice and broke into the house, while his employer (name withheld) had gone to church on Sunday February 19, 2017, in the Ebute Meta area of Lagos.
The suspect was said to have used soft blade to cut the building’s burglary proof and entered the house.
It was said that he switched off electricity supply into the building in order to prevent close circuit camera from capturing him.
It was gathered that he took away two laptops worth N400,000, 17 wrist watches worth N8million, two pairs of men shoes valued N150,000, a box containing jewelleries worth N12million and N400,000 cash, bringing the total value of what he stole to N20. 9 million.
The police further revealed that the suspect moved the items from the building on a motorcycle with the aid of one of his brothers.
He was however exposed by a close circuit camera installed in a neighbouring building which revealed how he broke into the house and took away his employers’ belongings.
It was gathered that Jacob switched off his mobile telephone and bolted.
The source said the victim came back later in the evening to discover that his house had been burgled and almost all his property stolen, while the security guard was nowhere to be found.
The incident was reported to Maroko Police Station, while the case was later transferred to D12 Unit of the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) Panti, Lagos, for investigation.
Operatives of SCID later arrest the suspect in Chibok town, Bornu State, where he had gone to enjoy his loot.
It was gathered that some of the items he stole had been recovered him.
Meanwhile, the suspect has been arraigned before an Oyingbo Magistrate’s Court, Ebute Metta, Lagos, on three count charge.
He was remanded in Kirikiri Prison, while the case was adjourned to March 27.