A
37-year-old lady identified as Mitchel Harrold was weekend arrested for
allegedly drugging and robbing a friend she met on popular dating site, Badoo.
The Delta state indigene robbed her victim, a medical doctor in
a hotel in the Ojodu area of Lagos, carting away his car, laptop and mobile
phone during a short visit.
The
unnamed doctor, according to the Punch, was said to have reported the matter at
the Lagos State Police Command after the lady absconded and operatives
reportedly traced the suspect to her base in Delta.
Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, traced her through
a car dealer in Lagos, whom she had engaged to help perfect import papers for
her victim’s stolen Volkswagen Passat Wagon, 2001 model.
The victim, in his statement to the police, narrated his ordeal,
saying “I met the lady on Badoo and we agreed to meet so she travelled to Lagos
from Delta.
“On January 19 at about 5:30 p.m. we checked into a popular
hotel in the Ojodu Berger area of Lagos with the plan to spend the night.
“I
went in to take a bath and when I returned, she had gone to buy some drinks. I
took the malt drink and yoghurt and I slept off. I slept off at 6:00 p.m. and
woke up around 2:00 p.m.
“Behold, when I woke up, my personal effects such as phone and
laptop had gone.
“Unfortunately for me, I do not know any of her relatives. We
only met on a social media dating site, Badoo about a year ago.
“As I woke up, I rushed straight to meet with the receptionist
and gateman to ask for her whereabouts, that was when I realized my car had
been taken away too.
“They
told me someone came to pick the car for her. And, she said she was going to
get food. Immediately, I reported the incident at Omole Police Station.”
The victim said he was just aware of the lady’s real name as
Mitchel Harrold after the arrest, because she gave him Aisha Ibrahim as name.
Speaking further, the doctor said, “I was getting to know her
for real now.
“Since the incident, I had been trying to call her but to no
avail. One of the numbers was switched off, she wasn’t picking the other.”
Confirming the incident, the state Police’ spokesperson, Dolapo
Badmus, said Ms. Harrold had already informed her brother, one Mukoro Okpako,
of her desire to sell the car urging him to assist her in perfecting custom papers
for the Volkswagen Passat two days before she was arrested in Agbor, Delta
State.
“The vehicle was recovered in Warri after she had removed the
number plate and put it in a car mart for sale.
“She attempted concealing the stolen phone when she was arrested.
“The case had been transferred to State Criminal Investigation
Department, SCID, Yaba, for further investigation,” the spokesperson said,
adding that arrested alongside the suspect, was one Gbenga Adesanya, a
generator repairer, whom she engaged to drive the stolen vehicle.
In his confession, however, Adesanya said, “I was surprised to
see her opening the gate of the hotel herself for me to drive out instead of
the gateman. That wasn’t the first time I would be helping her take a vehicle
out of Lagos to Sapele.
“It was about the third time.
“First, it was a Toyota Camry ‘Big for Nothing.’ I helped her
moved it from Ajah to Sapele, Delta State. The second one was an ‘End of
Discussion’ Honda Accord and thirdly, Volkswagen Passat, 2001 model. I moved
that too all night to Sapele.
“I was introduced to Ms. Harrold last year by her elder brother,
who worked as clearing and forwarding agent. I was told she needed the
assistance of a good driver to take to Warri. I later met her in Ajah where I
helped take a Toyota Camry to Sapele.
“About four months later, she summoned me to GRA Ikeja. She gave
me a Honda Accord (End of Discussion) to help her collect fuel from her brother
at Wawa, Ogun State.
“I took the fuel and returned the car. She then told me that she
has gotten another driver to take her. She gave me N5000 and I left.
“The last vehicle is the one that has created crisis for me.
Although, I have been wondering where she has been getting these cars but she
told me that she hired them from Delta whenever she comes to Lagos, and that a
driver brought her to Lagos and returned to Delta.
“I don’t know she steals cars.”
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