Ibrahim was arrested by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), Lagos State Police Command, along Abeokuta-Expressway, Ikeja axis.
He mentioned Sanni Azeez, 27, and Hakeem Kamoru, 40, as receivers of the stolen phones. These receivers reside at Akala Street, Mushin area of the metropolis. Singing like a bird, Ibrahim said: “The act of stealing has become part and parcel of me. I’m a specialist in burgling houses.
I used to gain entrance into any house by cutting the door and window net with a razor blade. I derive pleasure in taking what’s doesn’t belong to me. “Apart from burgling houses, I also operated during traffic jam. I operate in areas prone to traffic congestion such as Ikorodu road, Lagos-Abeokuta, Apapa-Oshodi Expressways and so on.
The last operation I went was at a building at Ilupeju. It was at that place that my luck ran out.” He explained that he entered the building through the balcony door, which was left opened. He proceeded to the victim’s room to steal three handsets; two Nokia and one blackberry phones with other valuables.
Ibrahim successfully stole the mobile phones and other valuables at Ilupeju area and was heading back home, when policemen on patrol along Ikeja, stopped him.
A police source said: “We noticed his suspicious movement upon sighting us. He wanted to drop his bag at a corner, but when he found out that we had seen him, he bolted. We pursued and caught up with him before Ile-Zik. We asked him why he started running when he saw us, he couldn’t provide a satisfactory answer.
We conducted a thorough check of his bag and discovered phones.” The police said that Ibrahim’s confessional statement enabled them to apprehend his receivers of all the stolen handsets in Mushin.
The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, a Superintendent of Police, (SP) Dolapo Badmus, said the suspects will face the wrath of the law for the offence committed.
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