NNPC Driver In Trouble As Company's Vehicle Gets Stolen In Girlfriend's House

A driver of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Wasiu Aliyu has landed in trouble after a company vehicle he allegedly took to his girlfriend's house to show off was stolen by robbers.

The father of two who hails from Ilorin, Kwara state was arraigned on Monday on two counts of stealing in an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court.

Aliyu who drove the stolen bus for over three years said he woke up at his lover’s house on Assfood Street, Oriola, Alapere, Lagos only to discover that a Toyota Hiace which is worth N23m had been
stolen.

In his words:

“ At about 8pm on January 21, I went to my girlfriend’s house in Oriola to pass the night.    A man came to wake me up around 4am that he saw some boys inside the bus. 

“Before I got to where the bus was, they had left with it. It was a mistake that I parked      the bus on the street because there is no security there.”

Mr Aliyu pleaded not guilty and elected summary trial.

The presiding magistrate, Mrs. O.A. Akokhia, admitted him to bail in the sum of N1m with two sureties in like sum a adjourned the case till April 18, 2017 for mention.