How This Nollywood Actress Was Sent To Prison Over Stealing

This is a case that should serve as a big lesson to others. Nollywood
actress, Yetunde Akilapa was arrested in February for allegedly being
in possession of 100 master key, which she was accused of stealing.
She was held in custody but was later released after a court
discharged and acquitted her. In a recent chat with a report, Yetude
who is now trying to get her groove back reveals what really
happened:
There is a rumour that you were set up by your friends, how true is
this?
Yes, it’s true. Some of my friends set me up.
Why did they do that to you?
Let me narrate everything to you from the beginning. I am into
business, I sell weave-ons. I learnt hairdressing before joining acting,
it was just that I had no time for the business because of my acting
career. I used to have a salon at Bariga area of Lagos State, but I left
the place for a friend, Titi, who is a cousin to my boyfriend, Wale. The
only thing I didn’t give her was the weave-ons in the shop. I told her
to sell them, and that she should give the money to my younger
sister, who lives near the shop. However, she refused to deliver the
money she made from the sales to my sister. I later went there to pick
up all my things in the shop and requested for my money.
To my surprise, she claimed that there was no money with her
because a lot of people owed her. An argument ensued between her
and my sister, which resulted into a fight during which she stabbed
my sister. I reported the matter to the police, who arrested and
detained her. Her cousin, who was my boyfriend, and others were
against me over the action and pleaded with me to withdraw the case
from the police, which I later did.
So, how did the set up happen?
There was a woman I met at Next Salon at Akoka, Lagos, who liked
what I sell. I told her I could do home delivery. We exchanged
numbers and she gave me her address. She stays at Fola Agoro,
which is near my place at Bariga all in Lagos. One day, I decided to
visit her at home. On getting to the place she gave as her residence,
the place was quiet as I didn’t see anyone outside. I knocked on the
door and someone came out to attend to me. But when I asked to see
the woman, who told me she is called Mama Ayo, the lady that
attended to me claimed there was nobody like that in the place. The
woman thereafter called other tenants and accused me of being an
informant because she said they had robbed the house in December
2012, and this incident happened in March. They ransacked me and
found a bunch of keys on me, which has about 15-20 keys. They
claimed they were master keys I used for robbery.
They later took me to the police station and I was detained. My
boyfriend and his cousin later got to know about my ordeal They later
testified at the police station that I was an actress and a bail was to
be arranged for me to get out of the station but it didn’t end there.
The police later came to tell me that my house would be searched in
the afternoon. The police that searched my house reported back to
the DPO and presented the receipts to him.
At the DPO’s office, a guy interrogated me and introduced himself as
a PM. I thought he was a Production Manager, but unknown to me,
he was a journalist from PM News. It was later I got to know about
this. He was the one that reported in the media that I was sent to
Kirikiri Prison for robbery. After leaving the DPO’s office, I was told
that I would be charged to court. Three days after, I was charged to
court.
But how did you come about the 100 bunch of keys?
This was the handiwork of the journalist that broke the story. Let me
tell you something, Titi dated the DPO because of my matter. I later
got to know the whole truth of the matter later. I would have rot in
jail but God helped me out. She was jealous of how I get money to do
some things.
Do you still relate with Titi?
Never, such a person should not be mingled with at all because she is
a dangerous element.