Before last Wednesday, Mrs. Esther Nnamdi-Ogbue, a Managing Director at the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in Abuja probably thought her cook was a trustworthy individual who was only interested in cooking and receiving his salary.

Little did she know that her cook, Gabel Segbedji, a national of Benin Republic was cooking up something bigger than food. The chef had been cooking up plans on how to disappear with cash and pieces of jewelry worth $6million.
Segbedji took off with the loot in a Toyota Camry car which also belonged to Nnamdi-Ogbue last Wednesday, SaharaReporte

rs said.

However, because Mrs. Nnamdi-Ogbue – who served as MD of the Petroleum Products and Marketing Company (PPMC) before she was moved to Products Retail in 2015 – is already under investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), she did not report the burglary to the police to avoid undue attention.

Segbedji is said to have been recommended for employment to Mrs. Nnamdi-Ogbue by a close friend of hers, Toke Benson, a source told Sahara reporters. It was also gathered that the NNPC chief obtained the cash from kickbacks given by oil marketers. The theft of the stash is likely to affect plans for the wedding of her daughter scheduled for later this month in London.