BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON
Benin City, Edo, Nigeria – Police in Zone 5 Headquarters said they have arrested the manager and some other staff of Dalsey Hillblom Lynn, DHL Courier Service for allegedly stealing a client’s parcel containing vital academic documents in Benin City.
The police identified the manager as Nuhu Omokide and other unnamed staff of DHL Benin Office, 62 Airport Road, Benin City.
It was gathered that the suspects have been processed for prosecution for alleged stealing, criminal breach of trust and fraudulent conversion.
The spokesman for Zone 5, comprising Edo and Delta State Police Commands, DSP Tijani Momoh disclosed this in Benin City on Friday, September 1, 2023.
He said that the suspects’ arrest followed a written petition submitted to the Assistant Inspector-General (AIG) of Police in charge of the zone, Arungwa Nwanzue by one Cynthia Okute.
DSP Momoh stated further that the petitioner had explained in her petition that she paid DHL Express to deliver the said academic documents to her sister, Anita Okute for her PhD program in the United kingdom as the parcel was neither delivered nor returned to the sender.
“The Petitioner, Cynthia Okute, alleged that she engaged the services of DHL Express of No 62, Airport Road, Benin City to send to the United Kingdom vital academic documents belonging to her sister, Anita Okute, who’s currently in the United Kingdom for her Ph.D Programme.
“The petitioner further alleged that the documents were checked and confirmed by staff of DHL Express, after which the sum of Twenty-six thousand, two hundred naira, #26,200 only was paid as service charge.
“Cynthia Okute further stated that DHL Express guaranteed safe delivery of the parcel to the United Kingdom. However, it was later discovered that the parcel was never delivered. Thereby truncating all the academic dreams of the Petitioner from progressing. Besides, all efforts made to get DHL Express take responsibility has hit brick walls”, DSP Momoh stated.
The police also said that the DHL manager and other staff had made information to the police as they would be charged accordingly.
“It is expedient to state that a prima facie case of stealing was established against the suspect, Nuhu Omokide and other staff of the company. As the case will be heard in Court in line with extant laws,” he stated.
The complainant was said to have tendered receipts as evidence of the transaction, just as the DHL staff admitted receiving the documents from her.
When Alltimepost.com correspondent paid a fact-finding visit to DHL, Benin Office, last Friday, the manager, Nuhu Omokide was said to be away from the office.
However, other staff of the company who were in the office declined to comment on the case.
