Singing like a bird after his arrest, Jamiu Adebayo,
30, said: “If I tell you that I don’t know these phones are stolen phones and
that some of those I get the phones from are robbers, I would be lying to you.
I know some of these phones were forcibly collected from people.
“I buy iPhone 7 with icloud N45, 000 and sell N55,
000. Those without icloud, I buy N150, 000 and sell N180, 000. I buy iPhone
6 N65, 000. I buy Samsung phones N22, 000 and sell N27, 000. I sell other
phones too. I work on the phones and disguise them as London used phones.”
The suspect was tracked and arrested through an iPhone
7, belonging to Kolade Johnson, a banker, working at Lagos Island. He was
arrested last week Tuesday
The victim, Johnson, on August 23, boarded a commercial bus around 5:45am, on his way to office, unaware it was the operational vehicle of ‘One Chance’ gang of robbers.
The victim, Johnson, on August 23, boarded a commercial bus around 5:45am, on his way to office, unaware it was the operational vehicle of ‘One Chance’ gang of robbers.
The robbers dispossessed him of a laptop and 2
phones, one of which was traced to Adebayo. The suspect was trying to sell it
to a customer in Lagos Island.
Police also recovered six additional iPhones, four
assorted phones and three MTN SIM packs, from the suspect. He told police that
he got all the items from armed robbers.
Adebayo, a former National Union of Road Transport Worker (NURTW) member in Ajah, stated that he went into sale of clothes after he raised some money. He would later divert to sales of fairly used phone.
According to him, he used to buy stolen phones from three people who he was aware are members of armed robbery gangs.
Adebayo, a former National Union of Road Transport Worker (NURTW) member in Ajah, stated that he went into sale of clothes after he raised some money. He would later divert to sales of fairly used phone.
According to him, he used to buy stolen phones from three people who he was aware are members of armed robbery gangs.
He further said: “It’s not up to a year that I
started selling fairly used phones. Whenever some men come to my shop to buy
clothes, they would be talking about buying fairly used phones. I started
assisting them to ‘get’ phones. This was like three years ago.”
Adebayo continued: “Uche, Alubi and Pinheiro are three major guys used to receive phones from. Five out of the 11 phones traced to me were bought from Uche.”
Adebayo continued: “Uche, Alubi and Pinheiro are three major guys used to receive phones from. Five out of the 11 phones traced to me were bought from Uche.”
A police source disclosed that Uche, Pinheiro and Aluba have been on the run since the arrest of Adebayo.
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer
(PPRO), Olarinde Famouse-Cole, confirming the arrest of Adebayo, said that the
case has been transferred to the State Criminal Intelligence Investigations
Department (SCID, while efforts are ongoing to arrest the fleeing suspects.
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