Two thieves were shocked out of their bone marrows
after one of their victims walked into a drinking joint and identified them as
the people that snatched his bag.
The victim, Sammy Bolaji, said he was on his way to
Ogun State, when the two men stopped and asked him for a particular. He told
them he didn’t know the address.
While he was still speaking, one of them grabbed his
bag and bolted. The accomplice quickly followed.
Bolaji couldn’t continue of his journey. He went
back home.
The following day, he was driving past a particular
area with his mum, when he sighted the two men in a drinking joint.
Luckily for him, he noticed operatives of Rapid
Response Squad (RRS), flagged them down and took them into the drinking joint.
The two suspects, Emmanuel Anyanwu, 39, an ex -
convict and Kennedy Ujagbor, 42, a drug addict, were arrested.
The police said that the suspects specialised in
defrauding unsuspecting members of public around Cele Bus Stop, along Oshodi-Apapa
Expressway of Lagos. They were arrested at Cele Bus stop.
The victim, Bolaji, recounted: “They asked me if I
knew a particular address and I told them that I was a stranger in that area. As
I made to leave them, one of them grabbed my bag from behind and took to his
heels. The second one followed suit. I ran after them but I guess they knew the
route better than I do. They escaped.”
The victim further said: “Sadly for me, in that bag
were a sum of N7, 500:00, two mobile phones, cloths and other personal effects.
I had to discontinue the journey because all I had on me were gone.”
The following day, his mum chose to drive him
through the same spot, where his bag was snatched. Luckily for him, he saw the
same guys, drinking alcohol early in the morning. He alighted.
He said: “I saw RRS’s patrol vehicle, passing by and
I waved it down. I narrated all that happened yesterday and they followed me to
where these guys sat. They were shocked to see me with the police. The RRS men
interrogated and arrested them after confirming the incident.”
The suspects promised the officers that they would
retrieve Bolaji’s bag, which they had already sold to someone at Ketu.
Anyanwu said, “We are swindlers. We are always on
the street looking for people to defraud. Yesterday, we met this guy. Our plan
was to play him, but it didn’t work out, so we snatched his bag and ran away.
His bag is at Ketu.”
Revealing their modus operandi, Anyanwu said: “Normally,
what we do is to tell our victim that we are foreigners with a huge consignment
of mobile phones and stationery. We would now pretend that we were in search of
marketers with enough money to buy the goods. In the process, we persuade our
victims to show interest in buying the goods by dangling before them an
irresistible offer. If they show interest, we tell them to demonstrate their
seriousness with a commitment by depositing their phones, money or jewelry.
That is how we con them.”
No comments:
Post a Comment