Three female gas station attendants in Ilawe Ekiti, in the Ekiti Southwest Local Government Area, were detained by the police in Ekiti State on suspicion of defrauding the station owner of N7.92 million.
The accused are Olaiya Oluwaseyi, Omotosho Seun, and Ajayi Funke, according to Dare Ogundare, the commissioner of police for the Ekiti State Police Command.
An investigation showed that the suspects worked as pump attendants at the same gas station where the scam was committed, according to Ogundare.
“During interrogation, the suspects confessed to the alleged crime and mentioned that the money was shared among them and used to solve personal issues,” continued Ogundare, who spoke in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday while parading the suspects and other people recently apprehended.
Two generators, two 32-inch plasma TVs, two washing machines, two standing fans, one large industrial sewing machine, and one electric iron were among the things named by the commissioner as having been taken from the attendants.
Other items, according to him, included a toaster oven, a DVD player, an empty Smart 6 Infinix phone carton, a StarTime decoder, a set of upholstered chairs, an unknown substance believed to be a charm, and N250,000.
The CP announced that the suspects would be arraigned appropriately after thanking the public for its assistance in providing the police with timely and pertinent information.