A 24-year-old suspected pickpocket, Taoreed Ashimiyu, has told
officials of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) in Lagos that he used to
spend all his ill-gotten money on prostitutes and alcohol.
The suspect
and his accomplice, Kayode Jolaade (34), were apprehended by RRS
officials at the weekend.
They were nabbed moments after they had removed three phones from
commuters’ pockets at Maryland and Mile 12 in BRT buses. Ashimiyu said:
“I have spent all the proceeds I made from stealing on prostitutes.
I have not spent a dime from the proceeds I made from stealing on
anything tangible. I womanise a lot and spend my money on both young and
old ladies. I also smoke Indian hemp and drink beer.”
The suspect said that he had already removed two mobile phones from
commuters during rush hours at the Maryland bus stop and was attempting
to steal a third phone when he was arrested. Ashimiyu said that if not
for his partner in crime, Jolaade, he wouldn’t have been arrested.
He said: “Before Kayode joined me at Maryland, I had stolen two
phones successfully. When he joined me, we started moving together. I
was unaware that people, who knew him as a pickpocket, were in the area
monitoring him.
“After I had successfully removed two phones from a victim’s pocket, I
went to remove money from another victim. I never knew the people who
saw us together were monitoring me too. I ran to join a moving BRT.
As I was about to board the bus, I dipped my hand in someone’s
pocket. The man was trying to assist me to board the bus. Immediately I
took his phone, I jumped down.” Ashimiyu said that immediately he jumped
down from the bus, some people ran after him.
According to him, he was dashing across the road, determined to outrun his pursuers
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