How Lagos socialite smartly stole in Port Harcourt

 

It was the end of the road for a 32-year-old woman alleged to be engaged in stealing in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, following her arrest by operatives of the Rivers State Police Command.

Shortly after that another message came which read ‘ also give her the hair box’. To further convince the salesgirl, she was said to have asked her if she had received any text message from the owner of the shop in respect of the transaction, to which she responded in the affirmative.
At that point, the sales girl, in her statement to the police, said Ifeoma started packing the wares selected. She allegedly selected assorted wares ranging from female bags to clothes, wrist watches, male/female shoes and shirts estimated at N2.9 million and left the boutique.
Hell, literally let loose when owner of the boutique arrived ,only to be confronted with the unexpected. Her sales girl was stunned beyond description on noticing that she had been fooled!
The case was immediately reported to the Rivers State Special Anti-Robbery Squad which initially found the theft a difficult nut to crack because of its clueless nature. However, the breakthrough the operatives needed came two months later when they were able to track the suspect’s call data through a complex set of operation.
Police sources said: “ One Ikechukwu Onyema, aka Van Damme , later discovered to have bought the stolen goods from Ifeoma, was contacted. His confessional statement led us to the suspect’s place in Lagos from where she was transferred to Port Harcourt . Some of the stolen goods were recovered from her.
“During interrogation, the mother of one, who claimed she had both her primary and secondary education in Abia State, also claimed to have been a student of theatre arts at University of Ibadan before dropping out after she became pregnant.
“ She confessed to have carried out similar operations in different boutiques in Port Harcourt using her one time fiancé’s Lexus jeep to pose as an affluent customer. After her confession, she soberly said; ‘I want Nigerians to forgive me, I still can’t understand why I chose to steal seeing that I am a comfortable lady.”
Rivers State Commissioner of Police Tunde Ogunsakin, while reacting to the arrest , advised members of the public to be mindful of the people they deal with, adding that such incident could befall anyone who turns a blind eye to caution while doing business.
“This case involves a really smart criminal, one that you won’t easily suspect and it can happen to any person. So we can all see that one cannot be too careful when dealing with customers and other members of society”, stated Ogunsakin