Story: Zakaria Alhassan, Tamale
A 22-year-old man who went to seek a job as a security man to help protect life and property of prospective clients rather turned out to be the one who needed to be watched.
The seemingly innocent but desperate young man did not only prove to be ungrateful but also exhibited the negative act for which he went to seek employment - to prevent crime in society - by stealing the mobile phone of a female employee of the security company, who was assisting him to get the job.
The suspect, Kamaldeen Abdulai, who resides at Choggu, a Tamale suburb, is now in the grips of the police.
According to the owner of the phone, Ms Alhassan Zenab, the suspect brought an application letter to the company to be recruited as a security guard last week Thursday.
Ms Zenab then asked the suspect to wait while she forwarded the letter to her director at his office.
‘‘On my return, I saw the suspect opening my purse, which I had left behind,’’ she said.
Ms Zenab said that after checking her purse, and satisfying herself all the items, including cash, were intact, she allowed the suspect to go away.
She said after some time, she realised that her phone was nowhere to be found. With the assistance of her colleagues, they pursued the suspect who was apprehended by some personnel of the community police in town.
Upon interrogation, the suspect admitted stealing the phone and explained that possessing a mobile phone had been his dream but since he could not afford it, he decided to steal that of the lady.
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