Driver steals N5.95m phone from Slot outlet

By OKOSUN DENNIS

A driver hired by the popular Nigerian phone retail outlet, Slot Nigeria Limited, has been arrested by the operatives of Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command over the diversion of N5.95 million worth of laptops, mobile phones and its accessories.

National Daily gathered that the suspect, Olumide Babajide, 42, from Kwara State, was tracked and arrested in Kaduna State, where he diverted the goods to after taking them from the Slot Nigeria Office based in Computer Village, Ikeja, Lagos.

The driver, was said to have been employed in March, 2017, by the company, and was directed to convey the consignment to Slot Outlet in Victoria Island, Lagos in May 2, 2017, before he escaped with the products.

Explaining how he diverted the products, Olumide, a diploma in computer science holder said, “I took the good from Slot’s outlet in Ikeja. I was to deliver it to another outlet in Victoria Island, Lagos, but instead, I took the goods to Pam-Pam Hotel, Ikeja, while I returned the company’s Hilux car to R & S hotel, where we normally park the company’s vehicles.

‘This wasn’t the first time I would be moving laptops, mobile phones and their accessories from one outlet to the other. Since I joined the company in March and I was assigned the job of a delivery man, it had been my idea to divert the goods and absconded.”

He continued, “As soon as it was 5:00 p.m, I took a drop from the hotel with the consignment to Ejigbo, where I boarded a Kaduna bound bus.

“Before I got to Kaduna, I already contacted one of the buyers. She bought N1.4 million worth of phones, laptops and phone accessories while I also sold in unit to some other buyers as well.”

The suspect was said to have also disclosed during interrogation that he dashed out about 10 mobiles to passers-by. He also gave out two phones to a new mistress while he bought a Peugeot 206, 1999 model with new registration number DKA 859 KA, from the proceeds of his sales for N912, 000

Olumide was said to have abandoned his wife and children while at the same time, he was said to procured a 32 inch Samsung LCD for N62, 000:00 while lodging in a hotel in Kaduna