Lagos security guards tell police they robbed their employer because he did not pay their salaries

LAGOS security guards Kingsley Asuquo and Isaac Edet revealed that they robbed their employer Professor Joseph Mbadugha because he had not paid them their salaries and needed money to survive.

In a bizarre case, Mr Asuquo, 19 and Mr Edet, 18, who were arrested by the police in Lagos, said they committed the offence over delay in the payment of their salaries. Professor Mbadugha, who hired the guards from Strongcity Security Services, was attacked while working at his office on Johnvic Igbanogo Street, in the Lekki Phase One area of Lagos State.

Police spokesman Chike Oti, said the Lagos State Police Command mobilised operatives to rescue Professor Mbadugha and arrest the suspects. He added that during interrogation, the suspects said they connived with others at large to rob the victim for not paying their salaries as and when due.

Mr Oti said: “The command had on Saturday, October 13, 2018, around 5.30pm, received information from a credible source that some bandits held one Joseph Mbadugha hostage in his office at JohnVic Igbanogo Street, Lekki Phase One, Lagos and that the armed men wore Strongcity Security Services uniform. Based on the information, operatives from the Maroko Police Station and F-Sars Ikeja, jointly mobilised to the scene.

"On sighting the operatives, the hoodlums ran in different directions to avoid being arrested but one of them, who gave his name as Isaac Edet, was nabbed at the scene. After interrogation, he led detectives to arrest his partner in crime, one Kingsley Asuquo and interestingly, both suspects are workers of Strongcity Security Services."

He added that they claimed that the victim did not pay their salaries as and when due, hence they planned with others at large to rob and even kill him if necessary. According to the police, the robbers succeeded in dispossessing the victim of a bag containing a laptop, a cash sum of N40,000, three cheque booklets and one iPhone 6, all of which were recovered from the suspects in the course of investigation.