Three days after his promotion, a company supervisor, Abiola Hamzat, has been arrested for allegedly stealing 20 bags of cement.
Hamzat, who works with a brick making company in Agbado, Lagos, was arrested with Kazeem Adebayo, 32, by Rapid Response Squad (RRS) operatives last Thursday.
Hamzat, a graduate of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), it was learnt, started work as a contract security and rose to an operator.
The father of three was promoted to supervisor when management found that he is a university graduate. His salary was also raised to N215,000 monthly.
RRS quoted Hamzat as saying: “I masterminded the crime but I only co-opted Adebayo into the plan. Initially, Adebayo discouraged me that it was not possible to steal cement at the company. After so much pressure, he told me to carry the gateman along in order to be successful which I eventually yielded to.
“I had an accommodation problem with my family. I was desperately looking for funds to house them. That was what pushed me into it”.
His salary as supervisor, it was learnt, triples what he earned as an operator.
Police spokesperson Dolapo Badmus, a Superintendent (SP), urged companies to be vigilant at all time.
She said the suspects have been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) at Panti, Yaba, Lagos Mainland.
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