A security officer, Pius Edward,
his wife Fausat and the wife's
mother, have all been arrested
by the men of the Nigeria police
force, Oyo State Police
Command, in connection with
the theft of N13m from Bishop’s
Court, a popular Anglican church
located in the Bodija area of
Ibadan.
“On November 9, at about
9am, an accountant
attached to Bishop’s Court,
Bodija, Ibadan, reported to
the Special Anti-Robbery
Squad office that on
November 8, at 11.55pm,
Edward broke into the office
and made away with N13m
which belongs to the
church.
“Investigation revealed that
the suspect was hiding in a
hotel at Odeda in Ogun
State. With the help of
immigration office, Ogun
State Command, the
suspect and his family were
allow to procure travelling
document to Dubai without
letting him know that he
was being lured out of his
hiding place. He was
arrested thereafter at Idi-
Iroko, Ogun State with two
unregistered car he had
purchased with part of the
money.”
Edward, a security officer at the
church was said to have broken
into an office where the money
was kept and made away with
it. It was alleged that he woke
his wife the following morning
and told her to prepare for a
journey with the children.
After the theft was reported by
one of the reverends in the
church, the police were,
however, able to trace his
movement and nabbed him at
after a diligent intelligence
operation. The corrupt security
officer was planning to relocate
his family to Dubai in the United
Arab Emirates.
The state Commissioner of
Police, Mohammed Ndabawa,
said Edwards’ in-law’s
involvement was helping the
family disappear from Nigeria by
facilitating the procurement of
their travel documents.
Also recovered from him were
N656,000 and $2,300, while
Edward said he tore a N7m
cheque belonging to the church
for fear of being arrested while
attempting to cash it. In a chat
with Punch, Edward claimed that
he only stole N2.5m and that he
purchased N1.8m cars from the
loot.
“I pushed my wife into the crime.
My mother in-law was involved
because she introduced me to
the immigration officer that
helped us procure the travelling
document ,” he insisted.
His wife, Fausat said she did not
know that her husband had
stolen the money. “ He
threatened to leave me with the
children if I did not follow
him. So I followed him. He did
not tell me that he stole money
from the church,” she cried.
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