A 28-year-old housemaid, Juliana Nwosu, has been
arraigned before an Ebute Meta Magistrate’s Court for allegedly stealing gold
jewellery estimated at N13m from the bedroom of her mistress, Mrs. Uren Iheme.
The police said the incident happened at the
Lekki Phase 1 area of Lagos State.
The Imo State Indigene had reportedly worked as a
maid for three different people before she was contracted to work with Iheme by
an agent, Simeon Bayas.
All was well until November 23, 2013, when Iheme
allegedly went inside her bedroom and discovered that her jewellery and some
other personal effects were missing.
Nwosu, was also said to have fled the house. She
was said to have taken shelter in the house of her boyfriend, one Chibueze
Ajomiwe.
The Investigating Police Officer, Inspector
Akinlolu Owolabi, was said to have led a team of policemen to arrest the Bayas
who introduced the suspect to Iheme.
More investigations led to the arrest of the
defendant and her boyfriend.
The housemaid was arraigned for theft, while her
agent and boyfriend were arraigned for conspiracy.
The charge read, “That you, Juliana Nwosu, Simeon
Bayas, Chibueze Ajomiwe, did steal various jewellery valued N13m, property of
one Uren Iheme, of 1, Oyinbo Adejaho Street, off Admiralty way, Lekki Phase 1,
Lagos.”
The police prosecutor, Corporal Cyriacus Osuji,
said the offence was punishable under sections 409 and 285 of the Criminal Law
of Lagos State, Nigeria, 2011.
The defendants pleaded not guilty to the offence.
The magistrate, Mr O.O Olatunji, admitted the
defendants to bail in the sum of N1m each with two sureties in like sum.
The matter was adjourned till February 19,
2014.
Source: PUNCH
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