'Jewelry thief' syndicate apprehended in Lagos!

Lagos: 

A woman simply identified as Freedom James was arraigned along side her husband,  James and one Hassan, a commercial bus driver that plies the "Obalende - Ajah" route;  and a jewelry Hassan,  for conspiring and stealing Gold jewelry estimated to worth about 2.8 million NGN, (one million, three hundred thousand naira). while the fourth accomplice, a certain Dennis is still at large.

Freedom and James

According to the culprit (Freedom James) , it all started when Dennis, who posed as an Agent, got her a job as a house keeper in the home of Mrs Esu and gave her a hand set, with an instruction never to use it to make or receive calls, until he calls her and tell her what to do. 

Five days into her new job, Dennis called her to "act", by stealing her 'madam's  Jewelry. By now, Freedom has surveyed the house and taken note of where some of the valuables are kept; and the best time to strike. Hence it was not very difficult for her on the said day, as she dressed to work prepared for her mission. she wore a "boubou" gown, monitored her boss, and quickly went into her bosses room as soon as (she her boss) left the house; she went to the dressing table where the jewelry are, picked them up, hid them in her bougous gown and left.

On getting to the gate, the gate keeper, asked her where she was going to at that time of the day, as he was aware that their boss was not around and it is not proper leaving the house without permission, especially in the boss's absence. Freedom feigned ailment, lied to the gate keeper that she was not feeling too good, and will like to go get some medications.

 According the statement she gave, the gate keeper (acting out of concern) told her to go back in and rest, while he rallies round to see what he can get for her until their 'madam' gets back. But she told him not to worry that she knows exactly where to go get her medications. After some pressure, and pretense that her condition was getting worse, the gate keeper permitted her to "go get her medications". That was how she left the premises with the stolen Jewelry

After she left the house, she immediately contacted and gave the stolen jewelery to her husband, who in turn sold them to Hassan for 1.3 million naira. James testified that he got the sum of 400 thousand naira from the deal.

Hassan, the jewelry dealer