Policeman’s son absconds with lady’s Benz, $700 Bitcoin

A Lagos-based 28-year-old man, Damilola Areje, has allegedly absconded with a 2019 Mercedes Benz GLE 43, worth N52 million, and $700 worth of Bitcoin belonging to a 32-year-old businesswoman, Nneka Chiemelu, who is into real estate and construction.

According to Miss Chiemelu, Damilola, an acquaintance whose father, Inspector Adegbola Areje is a policeman, allegedly stole her car from her apartment in Lekki Phase 1 and absconded with $700 worth of Bitcoin which was paid into his wallet by one of her clients on Friday, July 22, 2022, at about 04:05 pm.

PUNCH Metro, however, gathered that all four of Damilola’s phone lines had been switched off and his active Instagram handle deleted since the theft.

Narrating her ordeal amid tears, Chiemelu said, “Damilola requested that I help him with the sum of N20,000 that he needed some money to pay for flyers to promote his business, and I promised to give him the N20,000 on the condition that he takes up a site supervision job at my place of work upon completion of the work in order to assist him rather than just hand him the money.

“He was expected to resume at 9 am but he resumed at 2 pm and requested that I help pay for his Uber ride which I did through a bank transfer to the Uber driver’s account.

“An hour later, he asked if I could allow him to charge his phone in my car so I gave him my car keys to proceed, and he went into the car and pretended to be charging his phone.

“A few minutes later, a guest came into the service apartment that I manage, wanting to pay an outstanding fee and asked if I had a cryptocurrency account so that he could pay through that means, and I told him that I had none. So I asked Daniel whether he has the means to receive payment through Bitcoin, and he said he does and accepted to help receive the payment on my behalf. So my client made a payment of $700 into his Bitcoin wallet and he confirmed receipt right there in the presence of my client and myself.

“A few minutes later he asked to leave, a request which I declined, telling him that he could only leave after he has transferred the $700 paid into his Bitcoin account to me, but he lied that his service provider was poor, so he was waiting on the network. While we waited on the network I wanted to get food and he asked if he could come with me and I accepted, I then excused myself to quickly meet with some to inform them that I was stepping out for a few minutes, but by the time I got out, Damilola had gotten into my car and instead of honking at for the security officer to open the gate for him, he called on one of my staff members to open the gate for him, and he absconded with my Mercedes Benz and my $700 worth of Bitcoin.

“At first, it didn’t occur to me that my car had just been stolen, so I called him but not his numbers were not reachable but his WhatsApp was still active and displayed that he was online at the time. I texted him to come back and that I was very hungry and I needed to get food, but he ignored my chat until he went offline. About 20 minutes later when I didn’t hear from him, I decided to take an Uber to his residence, upon getting there, I was informed by the security that he had just packed up his things and left the premises. I tried calling his numbers again but he had switched them off and also deleted his social media handle.

“So I went to a nearby police station at Maroko where his biological father, who is a police officer works, to report the matter on that Friday. I also made a post on my Instagram handle asking the public to help me report him if found anywhere for stealing my car, I received different comments on the post from him, his mother and some other users claiming that I was a liar and that the car belongs to him, I responded to almost all the comments asking them to go ahead to the police station and give their own account on who owns the car, and I also told him that if it was true that the car belonged to him, he has no reason to hide, he should instead come out to make his statement to the police.

“On the July 27, I received a message from an international number on WhatsApp from an unidentified person whom I suspected to be Damilola, asking me to pay him N500,000 to help me with information of his whereabouts, but when I asked for his account number, he sent a Bitcoin wallet address instead.”

Narrating how she got her car, Chiemelu said, “I purchased my car from Unique Motors on July 7, 2021, with a deposit of N27 million through bank transfer, and I am expected to pay the car dealer a balance of N25 million later, and I have the receipt, although I was yet to register the car.

“Meanwhile, I was later advised to request for a transfer of the case to the Police Headquarters in Lagos to hasten the investigation process and I have done that.

“On Monday, July 25, the matter was transferred and till now after a whole week, I have not heard anything from the police concerning my car.

“However, on Tuesday, July 26, my contacts at the Vehicle Inspection Office tracked the registration of the car through its chassis number, and discovered that Damilola, in a bid to claim ownership of my car, had registered the car in his name on that same Tuesday, using my home address, and one of his telephone lines which is now switched off.”

Efforts to reach Damilola, Friday evening, proved futile as all his telephone lines were switched off.

When our correspondent reached out to his father, Inspector Areje, the policeman stated that he was not at liberty to comment on the issue considering the fact that he is an officer of the Nigeria Police Force and his son is involved in the matter.

However, the Lagos State Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who spoke to our correspondent, confirmed that the case has been transferred to the Lagos State Police Command Headquarters in Ikeja, adding that the Police was yet to conclude investigation on the matter.

Hundeyin said,“It is true that the case has been transferred to the Police Headquarters at Ikeja due to its sophistry. However, investigation is ongoing, but there’s been no breakthrough yet.

“Meanwhile, we’ve written to the Motor Vehicle Administration Agency because they have details of every car bought in Nigeria. However, we learnt that Mr Damilola is Miss Chiemelu’s boyfriend, and it seems like there’s a tussle over ownership of the car.

“However, we’re still in search of Damilola and the car although the car doesn’t have a tracker and that’s not making things easy. However, we’re on top of the matter, and we’d make our findings known once investigation is concluded.”

PUNCH

You see this thing call greed is a bastard.
Imagine hustling with your banny and she insist on keeping some proceedings just to flaunt. Damilola have his mind set in Japa while she want to be a notice ME every corner. Bitcoin wey the stranger use pay was that account no dey work for Nigeria or that 700$ was too big to carry from bank?
She got served and their is absolutely nothing she can do to reclaim that car. You think say to buy Benz for your name inthe receipt will suffice. How did you make 29m and how was it just a stranger that you willingly give your Benz keys to charge phone. So in your office where he came to work no charging point?
Madam you are dealing with psychologists and tend to thread carefully.
Pot calling kettle black.
A car that have not been registered before, that you bought car from your account how did the money enter? Which house did she sell and make such huge money? Why is it a nobody from nowhere will take your keys and go in to charge phone with ur 55million car? Anyone wey quote me again is a born fool..

A typical Nigeria police blood

They can't be trusted

This might be a shuga boy and shuga mummy fuse

Why is it that policemen children are always wayward and criminal minded?? Abi the curses policemen receives everyday from Nigerians do affect their children too??

These are the types of Riff Raffs giving those who legitimately trade, work and earn in the cryptocurrency industry a bad name, it won't be long before some ignorant and unintelligent people will come and start saying crypto is a scam, including all who are benefiting from the industry, very misguided people.

I believe there is more to the story, but the guy needs to be arrested Asap, there no difference between his actions and robbery.

OMG!!

"A police mans son"



Who is Miss Chiemelu, the ladies father??!


It was needless to say " a police mans son" in the story, since the boy Damilola has an identify.

MarryWhiteasap:
You see this thing call greed is a bastard.
Imagine hustling with your banny and she insist on keeping some proceedings just to flaunt. Damilola have his mind set in Japa while she want to be a notice ME every corner. Bitcoin wey the stranger use pay was that account no dey work for Nigeria or that 700$ was too big to carry from bank?
She got served and their is absolutely nothing she can do to reclaim that car. You think say to buy Benz for your name inthe receipt will suffice. How did you make 29m and how was it just a stranger that you willingly give your Benz keys to charge phone. So in your office where he came to work no charging point?
Madam you are dealing with psychologists and tend to thread carefully.
Mumu Girlfriend

See this idiot o

Flamethehussler:


See this idiot o

Idiot will you marry, born and breed

Ozuo try and read ok
Damilola is Miss Chiemelu’s boyfriend,


Meanwhile, we’ve written to the Motor Vehicle Administration Agency because they have details of every car bought in Nigeria. However, we learnt that Mr Damilola is Miss Chiemelu’s boyfriend, and it seems like there’s a tussle over ownership of the car
For those of you questioning and bashing me, its obvious you will work hard and allow your woman steal the show... She is damilola girl friend periodt. The car in question is the both that must have acquired it through their ill proceeds. Damilola can code his identity and be using his gf own to do all the shady transaction. Btw the car is what is paining the girlfriend because who no wan drive mercedes benz tortoise back?
Stack illiterates full nairaland


Otu/ikpu nne gi their

Ogunleti01:
How did she make 29m? ahaaa ! ani oloriburuku, onise lawon kan

Damilola Areje is a full blown Afonja

Story no join leg atall, looks like a jilted yahoo boys girlfriend story

MarryWhiteasap:

Idiot will you marry, born and breed

Ozuo try and read ok
Damilola is Miss Chiemelu’s boyfriend,

Anumpama
Na now i understand self
Idiot why u dey cancel my name join

Flamethehussler:

Anumpama
Na now i understand self
Idiot why u dey cancel my name join

Bia this boy e be like say ur mkpurumiri don cast ur brain. Shift from here before mu mess gi up now.
Understand kee u dere.
I know say u wish to be damilola so u go dey beg her not to report u for olokpa but the guy papa na olokpa. So case close..

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Terrible..what the guy did isnt nice at all

Cc

The story no clear at all

Common sense will tell anyone that such a level of trust as aforementioned in the statement above, could have only been possible if there was a cordial/mutual relationship between the accuser and the accused.

There is more to what she just said.







kindly check my signature below

All i see is relationship gone sour

Police are bastards

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree...

Nothing good ever comes out of the Nigeria police force. They are always in the news for bad things.

Marrying a policeman is like willingly laying a curse on yourself and unborn kids.

Don't be surprised that the father of this boy will be among the criminal policemen on Benin-Ore expressway extorting motorist and framing up young guys just to fleece them of their hard earned money.

Boyfriend and girlfriend matter

U for just give am the 20k mk e carry im devilish spirit comot

E sure say u de 4k am

I just don't understand some people.... how can u get a car of 52 million and u stay in a rented apartment and u only paid half of its worth and have been owing the balance for over a year... y dint she just buy a car of 15m and keep the remaining 10m ... and still know that u are not owing anyone than putting urself under financial pressure ... u just wan form big gal by all means ... on the island most luxury cars have not been fully paid for ... na by force ??

Ha! Like father like son. Police are thieves.

Being a policeman or policewoman's child doesn't curb the tendency to commit crime.


Meanwhile, let me handle your content writing gigs.

I think they are lovers. Sharp Yoruba guy chop the yam legged okoro.

This is terrible

Like Father Like Son,

Hello, Dear Nairalander. Please with all sincerity please hear my cries, I need to get to Lagos for Job interview today (Saturday), I’m here in Uyo, please I need 16k or thereabout to go to and fro, please dear sir/ma I don’t have any means to go there help me get there as no amount is small. God will increase exceedingly you as you help me. Thanks so much. 2085762941 zenith Bank

(8.am now)' Please I am still on my knees pleading, someone please help me.

THIEVES

Like father like son

POLICE!

An Apple those not fall far from its tree








Guys wey no get girlfriend get peace of mind