He was alleged to have stolen N350,000 from his former boss in the Ojota area of the state last year and absconded to his country. Preliminary investigation revealed that he had been applying for domestic jobs with fictitious names; that after allegedly perpetrating a crime, he would go into hiding in his home country and resurface when the dust settles. It was further gathered that his likes from Cotonou, Benin Republic are scattered across the country with majority of them in Lagos and Abuja.
Their modus operandi included working between three and eight months for their bosses, in order to gain knowledge of the terrains. Thereafter, they would strike, either by poisoning their bosses, so as to facilitate movements of whatever valuable they intended to go with or by snatching vehicles and other valuables at the slightest opportunity. But the now remorseful lad had blamed his resort to crime on the death of his father at an early stage, a tragedy he said left him saddled with the responsibility of catering for his four siblings and his mother. Kundare, however, stated that he had only carried out one operation.
According to him:
He stated that when he got to Benin Republic, some friends and relatives encouraged him to build a house for his mother and siblings since his father could not actualise the dream. At that point, he said he was brought back to Lagos by one Iya Ajuwon, after paying the usual N15,000. This time around, he worked with one Daisy family in Ojota as a cook. He reportedly started well until he met one Sunday, from same country, who, according to him, sold the idea of robbing his boss to him
“Sunday told me to rob my boss after I informed him of my intention to leave because of the poor remuneration which was N11,000. “On that fateful day, after my boss and his wife left for work, I took the children to school and called Sunday on the phone to come. He came with one Abe who traveled all the way from Cotonou. I entered into my master’s bedroom. I did not break the door because the key was left in the lock. When I got inside, I saw some money on the table. I also broke into his wardrobe and collected the bundles of naira notes I saw. I also collected his laptop. We all left for Cotonou that very day. It was when we got there that I discovered that the money I stole was N350,000.” He disclosed that his share from the loot was N100,000 and the laptop; Sunday collected N100,000 while Abe took N150,000 as the oldest.
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