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Thursday 9 August 2012

How my driver ran away with my Camry car - From a LIB reader

                                          The driver, Ayu Nurudeen                                              Missing car

Yes, another Camry car! Jeez! Below is a mail I got from a LIB reader...
Dear Linda, will like you to publish a story of my missing car/picture of my missing car and driver. Its not really about the car (2007 Camry SE with plate no LAGOS CB 520 AGL). It could have been worse. I took this man Mr Ayu Nurudeen, (a Ghanaian) my driver in. Gave him accommodation and feeding. I even bought his praying jalabia because he's muslim and fasting and still he ran away with my car. I have sent this man to the bank with huge sums of money and he never took it. I guess all these were in preparation for his big move. He even got asoebi for my traditional wedding last month.
However, On the 30th of july, we went to corporate affairs commission (CAC) yaba. As you know, its hard to find parking in yaba so he dropped me at the entrance and went to find parking. We go to CAC weekly so I knew the places he would usually park. On this day, I got to cac at about 2pm. Around 2.30pm I called him to come and pick me up as I was done. He answered" madame am coming". This my driver is still coming till now. At first I was worried that maybe LASTMA had carried him or he was involved in an accident, I walked to the two nearby police stations and accident units but no record of my driver or car. It wasn't till 5pm that I realised this isn't any mistake or accident that my driver had gone away with my. I had my handbag and wallet all in the car. I had no money with me. I had to find my way home.

When I got home. My cook discovered that my drivers suitcase and the cooks dvd were missing. He had packed his things before that day.

We have reported to the police but we are yet to get any response. This is a picture of my driver and the missing camry.

99 comments:

chi chi said...

ha! the wickedness. Please also thank God that he didn't do worse o, especially to your family/household.
God'll replace what you lost.

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Anonymous said...

Ah can you image such ?? para venture he and the car never found ,i pray he gets dupped if he tries to sell the car .This is why people find it difficult to help.its such a shame ..i do hope the car would be found.

jols

Anonymous said...

This LIB reader must be a big madam. She has cook and driver. Then 2007 camry should be of small value to her.
Just buy a 2012 camry and hire another driver. It is as simple as that.

Editorial Team said...

Oh God will restore your car, were ever it is nw, just trust in God. naija ict master my facebook page

Anonymous said...

What is it with Camry cars this days? This just shows you are not safe even with the person you think you can trust. May God have mercy on us

Anonymous said...

that is why people don't help.may God reward him in his own coin.to the owner of the car really sorrry about that.that is ur problem he took away.

Anonymous said...

Mr. Ayu Nurudeen a Ghanaian? Pls u employed a fraud with a fake identity from day one! You won't come across the name 'Ayu' or 'Nurudeen' as a surname by the few moslem population in Ghana. This man might be from Burkina Faso, Mali or even a Nigerian. You've been punked!! sorry!

worl said...

How would anyone hire such a hunk as driver and not smell rat? Ppl shld be smarter joor...before u hire a driver let it be the one you knw very well...madame, very sowii!!

Anonymous said...

What a pity! But thank God it could Hɑ̣̣̝̇̇v̶̲̥̅є̲̣̥ been worse

Anonymous said...

linda i hope Uuu nooor see dat Ghanians are soo theives too dy alwayz paint Nigerian bad in dier at evry opportunity dy get, as if we hold dier progress in dier own country

Anonymous said...

Because a monkey is wearing a suit, you call it a hunk. We should be careful. Most people who walk the streets of Lagos nowadays are not who they say they are. Please install a car tracker in the next car you buy or allow a driver in. it really helps. A lady was able to track her school bus from Onitsha all the way to Kano. The driver ran away with it. May God help us all. Remain prayerful. I pray you find your car. Evergreen....

Anonymous said...

I bet u r too blind to see d part where she said it aint about d car

deekay said...

That's not the point! Cos she can afford it doesn't mean someone should take the piss. Glad he didn't do worse sha. Madam, karma will visit him soon.

Anonymous said...

Sorry. Hope the car and/or the driver is found.

Btw, Anonymous August 9, 2012 10:45 AM is a witch. see the stupid comment

deekay said...

So hunks shd not be employed as drivers? I dnt get what you're saying. But ye thorough check shd always be done. And check with previous employers. Then again who is to say she didn't do all this.

Anonymous said...

9jdeltapikin... May God help U̶̲̥̅̊ Τ̅☺ fine U̶̲̥̅̊я car but madam dat guy just duped U̶̲̥̅̊ cos from all d description U̶̲̥̅̊ gave abt him he Ȋ̊§ not even a nigeria may βε̲̣̣̣̥ from all ds neighbouring countries cos D̶̲̥̅̊ε̲̣̣̣̥γ̲̣̣̥ come in2 naija steal n cross d border α̲̅πϑ run away. God will replace all dat U̶̲̥̅̊ v lost

Anonymous said...

You are a typical Nigerian! No morals! So what if d woman has loads of money! Does dat mean it's ok for the driver to steal from her? People who reason like u are the ones keeping this country in d horrible situation it is now. U are d kind of people who glorify likes of Ibori and co!

Anonymous said...

so you are too lazy to drive your own car and cook your own food ? when you sorround yourself with unfortunate people while you live the big woman lifestyle what do you expect ? do you treat them very well ? how much do you pay them ? do you pay them enough so that they can see a bright future for themselves or just enough for them to be subservient to you ? hmmmm as you lay your bed sha

Anonymous said...

see the dude sef...he looks a bit predictable all is it all in my head

Anonymous said...

Even if she has all the money in the world is no reason for someone to steal from her. And what's the big deal in having domestic workers poverty de worry this man sha

Anonymous said...

Did anyone pause to imagine this guy went missing? Is the car more important than a human being? He has carried money to the bank before and never disappeared (wasn't he carrying the money with the car)? Hey, please we need to drop the pessimism and embrace some flavor of humanity.

Linda, you write 'How my driver ran way with my car'! That is the car-owner's version. Does she have any proof? I truly truly doubt it...But alas, you do that all the time don't you.

The car could have been snatched, and this guy murdered or something worse...

Wow, Linda...Wow!

Amarachukwu said...

2 things; 1)why is there not a tracker in the car? for a woman with a cook and a driver that just got married last month, I am sure you can afford it.
2) how did you employ him without referrals or guarantor? I find that hard to swallow for a woman who deals with CAC weekly?
Finally If you actually made the 2 mistakes above, I can deduce that your cook is probably without referrals and guarantor also. Better fire him/her and do things right. That one could poison you o!!!

Anonymous said...

dis guy wey sabi cazal [even if na fake]. too much swag for a domestic driver

Anonymous said...

I am sure this lady posted this story to warn others because she made several mistakes in hiring. Instead of abusing people or reaching unnecessary conclusions about helping people why dont we Identify what she did wrong and learn from it?

LIAMZ said...

The funny tin is dat ghanains are always saying nigerians are thieves and all dat but yet they close their eyes to the evil that their people do in nigeria. Nigerians are rili not finding it cool to stay in ghana.

YINOTINTO said...

May God help u find ur car and whatever he might have stolen with it. i also wish him a visit from karma

Anonymous said...

Ayu Nurudeen is not a Ghanaian. Has he ever spoken any Ghanaian language to her? People like madam are wicked to their own families, that is why the devil used Ayu to run away with her car.

The poor guy is probably back in a remote village in West or East Africa. Abi, he don try?

Madam should change all the locks in her house and cars and get a guard, if she does not have one because Ayu may still come back to finish her off unaware.

She turned him into a thief by being lazy and exposing him to money that he had never counted in his lifetime. Madam 'Olowogbo' will never accept the truth.

Bubble gum said...

Dont worry Karma knows his Address.

Anonymous said...

How u take give this kind person ur Camry to drive.see him face

Anonymous said...

That name may not be Ghanaian. It doesn't sound like one. He is either Ghanaian with a fake name or dats his name but he's no from Ghana. Sad she lost her car & wallet. All her IDs & ATM cards...but it could have been worse. God will replace dem insha Allɑ̤̥̈̊h. BTW, Linda, it's 'an LIB reader' not 'a LIB reader.
-Khad-

Anonymous said...

Big madam you have a driver and a cook, which means you are lazy, the next post might be; the cook has poisoned you or took your money or even have kidnaped one of your family member, you better start doing things by your self and stop this nigerian big madam attitude.

Anonymous said...

God will fish out this man from whereever he met be, also the owner should be grateful to God that her driver did not plan do kill her and run away with the car cos he'll heard of so many instances.

Anonymous said...

Ghananians are jst bunch of thieves!!!! Later now they will start vomiting rubbish abt nigerial.They come 2 nigeria 2 do boy boy no beter hand work n mayb he has gone back 2 ghana anyway his punishment is still waiting 4 him.

Anonymous said...

From this story,I have a feeling he hasn't worked with you up to a year.that aside,you shouldn't trust ur driver with ur valuables,you left your bag and even wallet in the car with him?...by the way,nurudeen ayu don't sound like a ghanian's name...pls ppl,investigate a lil more before you hire pple.

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Nonya said...

Typical Nigerians. God will replace the car. God will not let him sell it. Bla bla bla. However, this same God no fit arrest the bad leaders wey dey destroy Nigeria chopping and cleaning mouth. Okay make una dey there dey wait for God. You hear. Common citizens

IMMACULATE said...

A GHANANIAN? WHAT IS HE STILL DOING IN NIGERIA? WHILE THEIR COUNTRY OFFICIALS ARE BUSY DEPORTING AND HARASSING NIGERIANS IN GHANA, ANYWAY I PRAY YOU WILL SEE YOUR CAR BY GOD'S GRACE

ebuka said...

dz d guy work at oriental hotel?tinking of faze's album launch

Anonymous said...

@ Anonymous 10:45
You dey really stupid for that comment. Maybe na usef steal the car, ole oshi. So because she has a cook and driver she should go about with private jet abi? Naija mentality. Just learn from the story ode!

Anonymous said...

Thank God for you because like you said,it could have been worse. He might have harmed her something worse but thank God that its just a car. Ladies please be careful the type of male help you get!!!

Anonymous said...

@anon 10:45am, when u make money(which i am sure u dnt have and with ur stupid mentality, will never have), make sure u let thieves in to collect what dey can on a daily basis.....u can always replace what dey take.....idiot!

Back to better business...madam, i pray and hope ur car and the culprit are found.

Francis said...

Truth is,People should stop trusting people with there lives and properties cos at the end of the day you are your very own security.Please learn to drive yourself and be extra cautious with people and i mean anybody at all,I have been a victim of this sort of thing in the past and i must say it has thought me a major lesson but at the end of the day God is the bigger security towards we all

Sirikenna said...

people just want to comment for commenting sake

Sirikenna said...

karma is a bitch. She screws u front and back without mercy. Madam trust me, d ingrate driver wont go un-punished

Mrs Bee said...

It wil be found as my camry was stolen at the street beside that CAC office you went to and we later found it after prayers and sold it off. But see it as a way of God preventing you from sorrow-because what if you will be involved in a ghastly accident on your way home that faithful day? It is well. For future, You can put tracking device in your car and keep calling the police station you reported to or else when found, they will auction it to themselves o if noone claims it

Ogus Baba@The Joker said...

Haba! Dis very bad, really sowie anyway such is life dont worry baba God go make u bigger, yes i said it......

Her RoyalPoshness said...

Anonymous dat said this "This LIB reader must be a big madam. She has cook and driver. Then 2007 camry should be of small value to her.
Just buy a 2012 camry and hire another driver. It is as simple as that"
Pls use ur brain and dont post a comment if u have nothing to say!!!!

iSaAc said...

They earned your trust then they strike. U see, I met this guy Nick in hotel @ Ikeja claimed to have arrived from China, stayed three wks, we were practically doing almost everything together until he duped me nd it could have been worst. So thank God that's all he took. Nick has text me 2 forgive him that he will pay back.

Gb09 said...

He cannot go away scot-free, just pray hard. It happened to my aunt, the driver had been going to the bank constantly with huge sums of money and nothing happened. Then one day he was sent to get N1.2million and he did not show up again. They went to his house and he had disappeared, even threatened to arrest his mother but nothing happened and he did not show up.

So my aunt went on a weekend of prayer and fasting. To cut the long story short, he had used the stolen money and what he got from selling the car to finance his visa and passage to Spain. Four months later he showed up to beg for forgiveness, because there were 12 of them who went together and he was the only one that was refused entry and deported.

So if you know your God, pray hard and this stupid driver will have no hiding place. He will not only lose everything, but will come back to beg and work to pay back all that he has stolen.

Anonymous said...

Which one be para venture again? Lol

Anonymous said...

True i totally agree with this. This person isn't Ghanaian. The first and last names are not Ghanaian names. It is very easy to acquire a Ghanaian passport this days unfortunately.

I pray you find this man and get him arrested. And i hope you get your car back. So sorry for your loss.

Anonymous said...

Why must everything be about xenophobia(i hope you know what that is? Judging by your very poor writing skills here) to people? Anyhow next time at least try and write things that can be understood. Nkwasiasem.

Hrm paul Ojeih said...

Am sorry for your loss but this is a warning to Nigerians you don't employ a foreigner to drive you or work for you wen u have not done proper back ground check this guy is no driver form the picture on the blog the guy is a gangster take a look at the way he is dressed am not really sure the guy is even a Muslim madam you got conned by a foreigner in your own country 2 bad God go punish the opportunist.the car still can be retrieved except you gave him the original of the car documents

dave_gino said...

that's the benefit of employing a total stranger to work in your abode. who know if your cook isn't from tongo. Mind the kind of people you employ. "The devil you know they say is better than the .........
This is just a lesson. You will definitely get your car car. i assure you.

Oma said...

You are lucky yours is just a car. Mine was my 5yr old daughter who is now 9. Till this day I wonder what he(they) might have done to her. We found my daughter 2 weeks later but do not know what they did. The heart of man is desperately wicked. The Bible does not lie

chijioke said...

@Linda,please advise Camry car owners to install Car trackers on their vehicles,it will make it easier to recover their vehicles when its stolen.

Anonymous said...

Shut up!!so ghanians can't steal?!

Anonymous said...

i think he was screwing u. its as simple as that!!!

Anonymous said...

This driver looks like Kas...lol...Cy says so...

Anonymous said...

@annonymous 10:45am... i pray you dont die i this ur poor state really. just cos sumone can afford a driver and a cook, then her losing her car to the driver isnt a bid deal and so she dosnt deserve sympathy or help???? you know what? i kinda feel sorry for you really.

Anonymous said...

LoL. These comments are funny.

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Anonymous said...

That boy na yoruba boy no be Ghanaian. Na so Okitipupa people dey look. Sorry madam!

Anonymous said...

So sorry Madam! Trust no one. Pls I will advise anyone who want driver or security to get frm all these companies its better nd safer, d company will be responsible for anything dat happens.

Anonymous said...

The problem is some people don't. Appreciate what they have.I'm a education graduate from one of the top university in Nigeria αη∂ also a trained Telecom engineer,αη∂ I am a driver not by choice but by necesity.My boss is so terrible he change his driver's almost every 2months.I would love to do such to him but I don't have the heart for it.Besides, I'm better than that. To the writer of the email, I'm sorry for your loss,but some boss had it coming.Just become someone works as a driver didn't mean he didn't have a life.Treat him well.

Janded said...

This is what happens when you put your lazy ass in the hands of helps. drive yourself!

Anonymous said...

Pretty lazy for a yet to be married woman...not married and you hav a cook and a driver?na wa oh...wen pikin come nko? Good luck with the recovery sha...but sometimes we don't need extra tins like driver and cooks, plus its against the law to employ non nigerians without proper documentation,just saying so u know for next time...

Joe said...

Interesting! This is one of the major reasons why we advise people especially Nigerians to be up to date with technology. Install all the necessary tracking/ security devices on your property before it becomes too late.
This might not necessarily stop the crimes but it would definitely reduce them to the bearable minimum.

Do stopover at WWW.LRNG.COM.NG quickly.

Anonymous said...

Send this information to Ghana press ..it might pay off there

Str8FrmDaHips said...

stupid comment as always @Anon..so cos she has a driver and a cook..she deserves to have her car stolen..anyway the rebuttals from this clowns fills the blog comments..cos that should have been censored for stupidity!!

Str8FrmDaHips said...

Silly comment as always @Anon..so cos she has a driver and a cook..she deserves to have her car stolen..anyway the rebuttals from this clowns fills the blog comments..cos that should have been censored for stupidity!!

Anonymous said...

another camry car...so selling mine.

Modupsy said...

This your gbagauns....get as e be

Modupsy said...

People and d way they think sha...is this ur idea of a hunk?

Anonymous said...

im my case, the house help took all of my mother's trinket which was valued at over 10m in 2001. and sold all for sixty thousand naira and slept with prostitutes wit d mony. it took us over 5yrs to get bk up; we had no savings but we thank God dat we r alive and well.also had a fam whose driver planed wit the schl teacher to kidnap her son.in dis same lag; we saw our selves hiring negotiators for d lil kid's ransom. but smhw we caught the kidnaprs....remember that they say dat one day the poor wud hv nothin else to feed on but d rich

Anonymous said...

Hmmmm water really soak Garri ooo, mk God save us from Goats in sheepskins *lollipop*

Moses said...

So sorry about your loss. Too bad, he's got swag oh. Just wondering what the fool intends to do with the car now, sell abi!
How much! To do crappy biz in Ghana or what. So so sorry Madam, God'll bless you to replace the car. But, Madam! I'm a young grad oh! I need Job If you could help? Thanks Linda for posting.

Anonymous said...

sorry but cars like yours (Toyata camry) is a hot cake in Nigeria the theft is too high you would have installed a car tracker secretly no body knows tomorrow i pray you find the car and the driver

Babylawyer. said...

Madam first of all sorry 4 ur loss. But a word of advice, its actually arrogance $ pride 2 have declared publickly that its not about d car. If like u claimed dat u've got so much 2 throw around, u shuldn't hav publicize it here. Secondly u took in a stranger u know nothing about. Housed him etc.thats quit risky $ unreasonable. Not even in our present unsecured country. Wisdom is a virtue every human shuld have. Once again sory 4 ur great loss.

Anonymous said...

Ghanaians are bunch of thieve,they jst come 2 naija 2 steal n give us a bad name n later they will start vomiting rubbish abt naija...they are jst good in boy boy work mchewwwww anyway God go still punish am anywhere he is.

That Girl said...

Madam, couldn't u c he was already dressing like he owned d car?#Its APityShaBuhAmStillStiflingLaughter

Anonymous said...

Better the Camry than your pikin.

Phylix said...

Thank God its just a car, not billions of money. Check. Out my blog. www.origee-ngbooks.blogspot.com

Anonymous said...

i pray you car is returned back to you in good condition! i drive a camry too and all these recent theft makes me wonder! it got hit last week and i plan not to fix it anytime soon because of all this gist so it'd be of less value to them i guess!

Anywayz, we can't live our lives in fear and what is ours wld always be OURS!!! may all our sweat and hardwork not be taken away from us IJN

Anonymous said...

Track his phone, well you would hope that the police will track his phone. He might be dump enough to still have it.

Anonymous said...

I no fit laugh, see the driver picture like randy boy. How him no go bail..but madam you lie as you talk say, no be about the car.

Anonymous said...

Wia dia is life dia is hope. Tnk God for ur life. An advice - neva trust anybody n wen I mean ANYBODY, I mean EVERYBODY.Trust GOD only. You can neva be wrong wen u trust ur creator becos He will always tell u who u can trust n put in confidence. May d Lord hlp u recover all d devil has taken frm u.

Anonymous said...

So sowee , ur next car ....drive it urself .

Riinzy said...

Yet another Camry car! hmmmm.I hope she finds the missing car

Princess of Zion said...

I love the Camry but I remember in 2009, I was specifically warned against getting one because of the theft! I actually thought it was a joke!

Sorry to hear about your predicament, love! May the Lord restore to you what you lost! Amen.

www.princessofzion.wordpress.com/2012/08/10/men-and-infidelity-part-3i/

Cece said...

This is the reason I had a tracker installed in my car o. By the way, those car trackers are better than others. Someone I know had his tracker removed hours after his car was stollen. I hid my tracker in a place the most dubious person won't even think of, happy I made that decision cos I track my car at least twice at public places too.
Nigerians should also stop announcing it when they have trackers installed in their cars.
Sorry for your loss madam

Anonymous said...

pls explain how does a car tracker work? will it work in naija? is it worth and something we should all be doing? thanks

tara

SocialDela said...

Sorry for your troubles madam. This man is not a Ghanaian. Never heard of an hausa with that name in Ghana

Anonymous said...

U r a big fool,address d issue on grand n stop foolin ur useless self,madam don't worry,GOd is ur strenght

The sage said...

Install a car tracker dear. U'll be rest assured that there's a very high possibility of u getting ur car back. Call this no. 08051101685. I help u get the best there is out there now.

Anonymous said...

Did u by any xhance read the part of him packing his belongings and his suitcase gone...

Anonymous said...

1 That name is not Ghanaian
2 Why is his identity important sef? After all he appears to be living in Nigeria
3 Those saying Ghanaians are things clearly have issues. Dont generalise. Nonsense!

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