‘My hairstyle implicated me in robbery’

Like most youths his age, 20-year-old Fatai Salami, must have been warned several times about sporting dreadful looking hairstyles by his parents.
He must also have been cautioned about sporting tattoos on his body. But just like some youths, he had ignored his parents warning, viewing them as ‘old schools.’
Today, Salami is bitterly regretting his hairstyle, which he once saw as trendy and fashionable. Salami was among some youngsters arrested for robbery at the Ilupeju and Ajagbandi area of Lagos State. Those presently in police custody, aside from Salami, are, Olayinka 17, Rasheed 16, Idris and Segun.
The teenagers all denied being involved in robbery. But Idris said that although he wasn’t a robber, he however used to pick peoples’ pockets. According to them, they were victims of circumstances and mistaken identities. They said they were passing through areas where a robbery had just taken place, when residents accused them of being the robbers that attacked.https://newtelegraphonline.com/my-hairstyle-implicated-me-in-robbery/