rich cocoa merchant at Ife. When wealth came, Adunni died and Akangbe
married Yewande,Asake and Folasade.
Akangbe became very ill and Osanyinbi was his personal doctor. When
Akangbe died ,only N140 was found in his safe. ₦60 000 had
disappeared! Duro (Akangbe's first child) was in his final year in
secondary school. Who is the thief?
Osanyinbi had a reputation for stealing goats and had landed in the
police station. Yewande is the only person Akangbe had ever given the
key to his safe to bring him money from the safe. Asake had once tried
to open the safe with a wrong key. Folasade, the youngest wife, was
living in her hometown,Gbongan. Who is the secret thief?
Duro wrote a letter to Akin Olusina (Ọlọ́fìn-ín-tótó) to resolve the
issue. Túndé Atọpinpin was also with Akin. Akin took Ilésanmí
(Adùnní's younger brother) along with him to Àkàngbé's house. It was
clear that the thief who stole Akangbe's money didn't break into the
safe but opened it with a key. Akin and Ilesanmi searched Asake's and
Yewande's rooms.
A woman gave Akin her card when they met at a market in Ife. The card
read: "Miss Felicia Olówólàgbà, N69/0078025, Ibadan". Felicia's
uncle, Ògúndélé, duplicates keys for a living. One day, he fights with
a customer, Jìnádù, for owing him N40. (Jìnádù had paid N20 instead of
N40.) Akin and a policeman, Pópó, settled the fight.
Akin, Tunde and Popo went to Ife. They saw Sade's picture at Akangbe's
house but didn't see her. They returned to Ibadan and learnt that
Ogundele had helped Felicia to duplicate the same key twice. After
much investigation, Akin and Tunde went to Felicia and she confessed.
Felicia said,"I stole the money so that I won't end up with nothing in
Orimoogunje's house. I had no child for him. If he dies, his property
will go to his children. I took Akangbe's key from under his pillow
and gave it to Ogundele to duplicate. I returned the original key to
his pillow and kept the duplicate. I duplicated another key and put
it secretly in Asake's pocket. She used this key to try the safe. I
paid the money into a bank in Ibadan as Felicia Olowolagba. There
wasn't Folasade Orimoogunje in the bank's records".
Akin promised not to leak Felicia (Folasade) 's secret if she returned
the money so that Orimoogunje's children can complete their schooling.
Felicia secretly returned the money into the safe. Alao, Akangbe's
brother, wrote a thank-you letter to Akin Olofintoto.
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