A 26-year-old domestic help, Daniel Ikade, is on the run after he allegedly burgled his boss’ apartment in the Anthony Village area of Lagos State and stole $11,000 (about N4m).
Ikade, aka Danzy, was said to have broken into the room when the boss, Ebun Akin, a businessman, was not around. suspect allegedly committed the crime on Friday, February 22, 2018, six months after he was employed through an agent, identified only as Samuel.
It was gathered that Akin had planned to deposit the money in the bank the following Monday for the payment of his workers’ salaries.
The victim told our correspondent that when he discovered the burglary on getting home that day, he went to Ikade’s apartment and observed that he had fled.
Akin said he went to the Anthony Police Station to report the case, but he was asked to alert the police whenever the suspect was sighted.
Akin explained that he subsequently reported the case to the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team in Lagos, adding that the team had yet to track down the suspect.
He said Ikade was last seen in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State but was said to have fled to his town in Ogojo, Cross River State.
He noted that the telephone lines of the suspect’s brother, Bertland, and one Emmanuel Ochim, who stood as guarantors for him, were unreachable.