Wow!
This 32-year-old Lagos socialite and single mum pictured above, Ifeoma William
Iheanacho has been arrested by operatives of the Rivers State Police
Command for stealing goods worth N2.9 million in Port Harcourt, Rivers
State. She was recently arrested in her
Ikoyi residence in Lagos.
Oh by the way, she possesses an international passport which showed she has
made trips to Hungary, Dubai, China and has even lived in Hong Kong for
three years and also speaks different languages.
According to the Rivers State Police Command, Ify had visited Zara
Boutique at 4, Mbonu Street, D/line, Port Harcourt, on March 26, 2014,
posing as a wealthy customer and a friend of the owner, one Mrs Oroma
Amadi.
Prior to the visit, Ify reportedly acquainted herself with the owner.
On that day, the shop owner was out. “She entered the shop asking
to be shown the female trousers area. The unsuspecting salesgirl,
Kemeagbeye Rachael, 21, led the suspect to the area where she selected
two pairs of trousers and bargained but was dissatisfied with the
price and requested to speak to the shop owner. When the salesgirl put a
call through to her ‘madam’, Ifeoma spoke with her and consequently the
unsuspecting salesgirl agreed to her demand,”
“After conversing with Mrs Amadi on phone, Ifeoma didn’t give
phone back to the sales girl. Instead she asked her to go into the inner
part of the store to get some other wares for her. While Rachel was
busy sorting out other things as directed , Ifeoma proceeded to edit the
‘madam’s’ contact on the phone which was still with her, by replacing
the number with her’s. Then she gave the phone back and minutes later,
she sent a text message to the girl posing as her boss. The message sent
read thus ‘ I’m in a meeting , Mrs Jay is already in the shop. ‘Pls
give her what she wants, I will pick the money on my way to the shop’ a
police source narrated.
In the sales girl’s statement to the police, Ifeoma allegedly
selected assorted wares ranging from female bags to clothes, wrist
watches, male/female shoes and shirts estimated at N2.9 million and left
the boutique.
Hell, literally let loose when owner of the boutique arrived, only to be confronted with the unexpected.
The case was immediately reported to the Rivers State Special
Anti-Robbery Squad and after two months, they were able to track the
suspect’s call data through a complex set of operation.
Police sources told Vanguard
“One Ikechukwu Onyema, aka Van Damme, later discovered to have bought
the stolen goods from Ifeoma, was contacted. His confessional statement
led us to the suspect’s place in Lagos from where she was transferred
to Port Harcourt . Some of the stolen goods were recovered from her.
“During interrogation, the mother of one, who claimed she had
both her primary and secondary education in Abia State, also claimed to
have been a student of theatre arts at University of Ibadan before
dropping out after she became pregnant.
“ She confessed to have carried out similar operations in
different boutiques in Port Harcourt using her one time fiancé’s Lexus
jeep to pose as an affluent customer. After her confession, she soberly
said; ‘I want Nigerians to forgive me, I still can’t understand why I
chose to steal seeing that I am a comfortable lady.”
Rivers State Commissioner of Police Tunde Ogunsakin, while reacting
to the arrest , advised members of the public to be mindful of the
people they deal with, adding that such incident could befall anyone who
turns a blind eye to caution while doing business.
