A mechanic in Lafia, Nasarawa State, John Simon, has got more than he bargained for as a customer’s car he drove to a brothel in the New Nyanya area of the state was stolen. City Round learnt that Simon was in themiddle of an overnight romp with a sex worker, Stella Emeerga, when the 2014 Toyota Camry car was taken away by three men in connivance with Emeerga.
Punch gathered that Simon, a father of two, stopped by at the brothel while travelling to Abuja to deliver the
vehicle to his customer who is a car dealer.
While he was drunk in the brothel, one of the accomplices reportedly sneaked in and picked the car key on the floor. At dawn, when he did not find the car where it was parked, Simon reported the incident at the New Nyanya Police Station and he and Emeerga were arrested.
After months of investigation at the station without headway, the owner of the car was said to have petitioned the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, and the case was transferred to IG’s Intelligence Response Team.
One of the suspects, Monday Francis, recently arrested by the operatives owned up to the crime during an
interview with City Round during the week.
The 30-year-old suspect said the theft was planned together with Emeerga, noting that the car was with a member of the gang who is still at large.
But Emeerga, 25, who said Simon had been her customer for over a year, denied conniving with the gang to steal the car.
She said she did not realise the vehicle had been stolen until in the morning when she discovered that a piece
of cloth she used to block a big hole on her door had been removed. She stated, “That day, Simon saw me
hanging outside the brothel waiting for a customer. He took me and his friend, Junior, to an ATM point in Maraba to withdraw money. We came back and stayed outside till around 12am. I told him that I want to go
and sleep as I was feeling cold. He told me that he wanted to sleep with me that night. I resisted but since there was no customer, I obliged him.
Narrating how she went into prostitution, Emeerga said she was married with two children before
things took a drastic turn in 2015 when her husband became mentally ill.
In his account, Simon said he saw Emeerga leaving the room but he did not suspect any criminal intent.
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