Driver sells company truck for N250,000, absconds to A’ibom

ADRIVER attached to Ramlac company in Lekki area of Lagos State, who absconded with the company’s truck three months ago, has been arrested by men of the Federal Anti Robbery Squad, Lagos police command, in his home town in IkotEkpene, Akwa-ibom State.

The suspect, Isaiah Ezekiel, who was employed barely a month before he committed the crime, was sent to distribute 150 bags of sachet water to retailers within Lekki. Apprehension, however, set in after frantic efforts to reach him on his mobile phone when he did not report back failed, as the phone was switched off.

Also, a visit to his apartment at Jakande First Gate, Lekki, revealed that he had left the house with members of his family, as the door was under lock and keys. The suspect confessed that he sold the truck for N250,000, out of which he only got N100,000.

He said: “I did it because I needed money to buy baby milk for my sixmonth-old baby. I was employed as a driver without salary but on commission basis. For every trip, I got N500. I manage to make a trip a day, which is not enough to transport myself and eat, let alone feed my family. Sometimes, I used the N500, which ought to be my commission