I stole my boss 1.3million to build house for my family

20-year-old Uweb Samuel, a Cross River State
indigene working as a domestic help in Magodo
area of Lagos, sat on the grounds of the Lagos
State Police Command Headquarters, Ikeja, with
his head bowed. Shaking his head intermittently
to register remorse, Uweb said he did not
imagine he would end up the way he had.
“My boss trusted me so much. In fact, I had
access to every part of the house,” he said.
But that trust came back to bite his boss, Mr.
Ajadi Babatunde, few days ago when he came
back from a trip abroad and left a wad of pound
sterling notes in his room. Saturday PUNCH
learnt that he trusted his manservant so much
that he left the house but left his key on the
door of his room...
That day, Babatunde took a peek inside the
room and saw something he could not resist.
“I counted the £50 notes and there were 67
there,” he said.
That is £3,350. In current official exchange rate
of pounds to naira, that amounts to
N1.33m.Samuel said he knew it was a lot of
money that could change his life, but thought
about building a house immediately.
He said, “There is no house in our village
in Calabar that my siblings and I could
call a home. So, I thought it was my
chance to build a house for my family.
“I took the money before my boss came
back home and took it to my sister’s
husband to hide for me.
“When my boss came back and started
to look for the money, he asked me and
I told him I did not see any money. Even
though it was just the two of us in the
house, I insisted I did not take any
money.
“Some workers were doing some
renovation work in the compound. He
asked if any of them entered the house
but they said no. The workers said I
must have been the one who took the
money and started to beat me.
“They tortured me even though my boss
did not instruct them to do that. I still
did not admit that I took it. But when it
got to a stage, I told them I would kill
myself, my boss then told them to take
me to the police. But his brother came
and spoke with me gently, that was why
I decided to confess.”
By the time the police stormed the house of
Samuel’s brother-in-law, half of the money was
gone, while the man had gone into hiding.
Samuel sobbed as he said he was sad that he
betrayed his boss’ trust.
According to him, he was being paid N15,000
monthly as a domestic help but that his crime
had nothing to do with his salary.
“I wish my boss would forgive me. I did
not know this is what will happen to
me,” he said.
The police have said investigation was ongoing
on the case and the suspect would soon be
charged to court.
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