I Was Pushed To Steal Bcos of My Kids School Fees ––Udeme

In this Nigeria that President Goodluck
Jonathan and Madam Ngozi-Okonjo-Iweala
said our economy is now the biggest in Africa,
men who are working are finding it hard to
pay children school fees. What then is the
fate of those men who are jobless? When
your own government lie to you, just know
you are in trouble!
As you read this, a big truck assistant has
been arrested by Special Anti-Robbery Squad
in Lagos for stealing a truck and two
containers belonging to his employers,
Samcham Holdings Limited.
In his confession, the man, Udeme
Udoton, said: "I was a farmer in Akwa
Ibom, but recently relocated to Lagos
and got a job with a transport company
in Mile 2 area of the state. A few weeks
after I started working with the
company, my friends from Akwa Ibom
started putting all sorts of ideas into my
head.
"I earn N5,000 a month and I wanted
my children to attend a good school."
But why should any company pay a man
N5,000 as monthly salary for 31 days? Is that
not wickedness?
Udeme said, "They [his friends] told me to get
them empty cargo containers whenever I had
the chance to. I rebuffed them, but on
February 8, 2014, I don't know what came
over me. I think my friends hypnotised me
over the telephone.
"On that day, we had gone to convey some
containers from Sango Ota in Ogun State
down to Mile 2 and when I got the
opportunity, I fled with the truck and the two
containers. I drove down to Akwa Ibom and
sold the containers for N100,000 each.
"After selling the containers, my eyes were
opened. When I realised what I had done, I
decided to return the truck to my employers,
but I was scared. So I decided to continue
using the truck for my personal business."
The suspect said he used the money in paying
his three children's school fees. " I used part
of the money to pay school fees which
was a total of N30, 000," he told Punch.
The 28-year-old Udeme was arrested by SARS
operatives in his home town where he was
using the truck for transport business to feed
his family.
Police say he would be charged to court and
probably sentenced to prison. His family will
be the worst for it.