A
businessman got more than he bargained for after his lover fled with his
Automated Teller Machine card and allegedly withdrew N1m from his bank account.
It
was learnt that the woman, Thelma Kimberly, who is based in Port Harcourt,
Rivers State, visited the man named Olugbenga at his residence on Victoria
Island, Lagos State, on May 17, 2018.
Punch
correspondent learnt that the lovers went round the highbrow area to have fun
before they returned home to ‘spice up’ the experience on the bed.
The
45-year-old man reportedly slept off after some rounds of sex and Kimberly, 22,
fled with his ATM card and a mobile phone.
She
was said to have made withdrawals, transfers and purchases at a supermarket in
Lekki using PoS.
Olugbenga
reported the case at the Ikoyi Police Division and Kimberly was eventually
tracked down this month.
A
police source told Punch correspondent that while the suspect was on the run,
an order was sent to a bank she used to place a restriction on her account.
“The
man then sent N100,000 to her bank account as bait with a belief that the bank
would alert the police as soon as she made attempts to withdraw the money.
“However,
she succeeded in withdrawing the N100,000. She even snapped the police order
sent to the bank and sent it to the lover on WhatsApp.
“The
police had written to the bank querying why the money was paid to her despite
the order. Altogether, she made away with N1m,” the source said.
The
suspect, in her statement to the police, confessed to the crime, but said she
returned the phone to the complainant through the manager of a restaurant on
Victoria Island.
She
said, “I met Olugbenga in 2016 in Port Harcourt when he visited my foster
father, who is his friend. On May 17, around 8:00pm, I visited him in his
residence on Victoria Island. He took me out and we bought some things. We had
sex several times when we came back. He was tired and slept off.
“I
left with his phone and ATM card and I made withdrawals of N150,000 at ATM
stands in Obalende, Ikeja and VI. I went to a supermarket at Lekki Phase I and
spent N363,000. I paid through PoS.
“I
also did transfers of N250, 000 to some accounts. I gave some people from the
money. I was just spending it and can’t calculate how much I spent altogether.”
The
Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Chike Oti, said the suspect
had been arraigned before a Tinubu Magistrate’s Court.
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