A 35-year-old security guard at a residence in Akodo,
Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos, Azeez Adebisi, has been arrested by the police for
allegedly letting his boss’ four-bedroomed apartment to some persons without
his consent.
Kayode also reportedly fled with the property of his boss,
one Moshood Salami, who is based in the United Kingdom before he was caught by
the police.
The property included a puppy, four air conditioners, three
expensive mattresses, kitchen utensils, furniture, among other valuables worth
about N1.6m.
It was learnt that Salami employed Adebisi about five years
ago. He was entrusted with the house and paid a monthly salary of N20,000.
It was gathered that the bubble burst recently when Salami’s
father went to his house to pick the puppy on Salami’s instruction.
He reportedly found out that Adebisi had rented out the
bungalow without his knowledge or his son’s.
On further examination of the property, the man was said to
have discovered that some valuables were missing, while the guard had fled the
area.
Our correspondent gathered that Salami’s father contacted
Adebisi on the telephone, but the guard terminated the call on hearing the
man’s voice.
The guard was later tracked to the Iju area of Ogun State by
the police following a petition by the man.
The suspect in his statement to the police owned up to the
alleged fraud, stating that he let out the building to three persons for
N750,000 for six months.
Adebisi said, “I was employed as a security guard but my
boss is based in the UK. He has a four-bedroomed flat which I guard and he pays
me N20,000 per month. In January 2019, I rented out the house to three company
workers for six months through an agent at the sum of N750,000. The agent said
he collected N950,000 but he only gave me N750,000. I did not steal the air
conditioners. I kept them in the generator house, but I did not lock the door.
“Before the people who rented the house came, I had moved to
Ogun State together with the dog, which later died. I regret my actions. I want
the police to help me.”
The native of Ila-Orogun in Osun State added that out of his
proceeds, he gave N550,000 to one Ayo to help him buy a used car in Cotonou,
Benin Republic.
He was consequently arraigned in a Tinubu Magistrates’ Court
on four counts bordering on fraud.
The police prosecutor, Sergeant Adeleye Olufemi, told the
court that the offence contravened sections 168(d), 314(3) and 363 of the
Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
The charges read in part, “That you, Azeez Adebisi on
January 11, 2019, at Akodo, Ibeju-Lekki Local Government Area of Lagos State,
in the Lagos State Magisterial District, did steal four air conditioners,
valued at N200,000; three double mattresses value yet unknown; kitchen utensils
worth N180,000; one glass coffee table with stools valued at N150,000; total
items valued at N1,630,000, property of one Moshood Salami.
“That you, Azeez Adebisi on the same date, time and place,
in the aforementioned magisterial district, did impersonate yourself to be the
landlord of the property at No. 30, Orofun Town, Akodo, Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos, in
an attempt to defraud one Odu Kemakolam and Bamidele Ojo.”
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty when the charges
were read to him.
The presiding magistrate, Mrs F. M. Dalley, granted him bail
in the sum of N500,000 with two sureties in like sum.
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