EX-FARM WORKER ORGANISES ROBBERY ATTACK ON FORMER EPMPLOYER

The Divisional Police Officer  Mowe Division, Marvis Jaiyeola, stated that he mobilized his anti-robbery team and moved to the scene, after receiving the distress call, cordoned off the house and arrested the suspect, having stabbed the woman on her right hand before tying her legs with rope and covered her mouth with cloth.

“The suspect who worked in the fish farm of his victim before he was sacked due to his shady character, first went to the fish farm where he stabbed the farm manager severally before coming to attack the woman in her house, and forced her to transfer the sum of N40,000 to his account’, the police said.

‘He equally ransacked the woman’s room and made away with her laptop, the sum of N5,000 cash, phones and other valuable before he was arrested by the police with the help of members of the public’, the authority added.

“On interrogation, the suspect claimed to have worked with the victim for 4 months and that he was living with the family throughout that period. He stated further that his problem started when he was duped of his four months’ salary by an online scammer who promised to help him travel abroad but ended up collecting his four months’ salary and blocked him online’.

“In order to have some money with him, he went to the farm, stole some items, but was caught by the manager who reported him to their boss and got sacked immediately. It was that annoyance that made the suspect to first went to attack the farm manager before coming for the madam” he explained.

The Police Command Public Relations Officer  said among items recovered from the suspect are a knife, broken bottle, rope he used to tie the victim legs, phones, laptop and other things he stole in the house.

Penpushing further reports that, the Commissioner of Police, Bashir Makama has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to State Criminal investigation and intelligence department for discreet investigation and prosecution.