Lagos driver flees with employer’s car four days after resumption

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A Lagos-based developer, Olakanmi Ogundele, has raised the alarm after a newly hired driver, Olufemi Jogbodo, allegedly fled with his Gelly Saloon vehicle with number plate AGL586GW, just four days after resuming work.

Ogundele told PUNCH Metro on Sunday that the suspect, who initially identified himself as Adeleye, was assigned to him by his company’s manager on November 18 after his former driver fell ill.

He said Jogbodo accompanied him on a trip to the Ijebu Ode area of Ogun State on the same day and returned with him to Lagos on November 20.

According to Ogundele, the suspect also took him to the office the following day before he later absconded with the vehicle while he was in a meeting.

He said, “My driver was sick and I told my company to get me another driver because I was going to travel to Ijebu Ode. So, they got a driver on October 18, and we went to Ijebu Ode together and came back on October 20. Then, he took me to my office in Ikoyi. I was in a meeting in the office when he told the security that I sent him on an errand. The security could not come in to confirm with me because the meeting was still ongoing. That was how he went with the car and never came back.”

Ogundele said the matter was immediately reported to the Ikoyi Police Division’s tactical team, who began tracking the suspect.

He, however, lamented that no progress had been made since the search for his whereabouts. Punch