Job Applicant Steals N50,000 From Employer During Interview

An unreasonable job applicant sealed up his own
fate when he allegedly stole his interviewer's
N50,000. The incident took place on Tuesdaym
14th of July in Bwari Area Council at a school
affiliated to a pentecostal church whose general
overseer deputises as the school proprietor.
LEADERSHIP learnt that the applicant, a Benue
indigene, whose name was given as David, had
earlier worked as security man for the school but
voluntarily resigned shortly before the last general
election and went back to his state.
Before leaving the security job he had introduced
one of his fellow townsman to the school, who
replaced him on the job.
The applicant returned to Abuja on Monday and
went straight to the school to see if his job could
be given back to him. He met with the school’s
principal who quickly told him that the brother
that replaced him, performed his duty better and
so they had no intention of taking the job from
him. She however advised him to see the
proprietor who was not around at the moment.
When the proprietor arrived at the school, Dave
who was squatting in the security house with the
school’s security man was asked to go and see
her. In the course of interview Dave noticed the
safe where the proprietor kept her money.
A source in the school said they could not tell the
exact time the applicant went into the
proprietor’s office and stole the N50,000 from her
safe.
The proprietor returned to her office after going to
inspect an on-going work at the site of the
school’s annex.
Shortly after she entered her office, she noticed
that the money had been stolen and so she raised
the alarm. All the staff were summoned to the
proprietor’s office and informed about the missing
money.
Immediately, search for the money commenced.
every office was searched and the bags and
briefcases of the teachers were also searched.
The school’s authority eventually decided to take
the search to the security house where the
applicant also had his travelling bag.
The security man who was combing the room,
picked up Dave’s bag and opened it and to the
amazement of everyone, the N50,000 fell out of
the bag.
The proprietor who felt shocked but relieved that
the money had been recovered immediately
ordered the applicant out of the school’s
premises.
The principal of the school who spoke with
LEADERSHIP under condition of anonymity said
the proprietor was advised to report the applicant
to the police but decided against it saying she did
not want the young man to languish in jail.