According to the police, the suspect
was arrested at Ikeja Computer Village, moment after he dipped his hand into a
victim’s pocket and fished out a mobile phone. Daodu was arrested on Friday at
about 5:00 p.m. after he picked a phone from a passerby in Ikeja under Bridge.
Lawal, who had before his arrest, steadily
picked two android phones from passersby, was removing another phone, from the
pocket of another victim, when the phone incidentally fell from his hand, drawing
the attention of its owner.
He was promptly arrested by the RRS
officers attached to the Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) stationed at Ikeja,
Under Bridge.
Just as the suspect was explaining
the source of the phones in his possession, one of his victims, who was trying
to catch a glimpse of what was happening, saw his phone in the suspect’s hands.
Daodu said that he operates in Ikeja Computer Village, and Tafawa Balewa
Square, Lagos.
He said: “On Friday, I was in
Computer Village as usual and had already picked two phones in the morning,
which I sold to my customers in Computer Village. In the afternoon, I
resumed to pick few phones. I was picking the third one when the owner raised the
alarm, which attracted the attention of the RRS men. They arrested me and just
as I was trying to prove my innocence, one of my victims identified his phone,
which was in my hand.”
He further said: “I don’t operate
every time. I go out may be twice in a week and I make at least N18, 000 from stealing
phones. There were times I made more than that, especially, when I steal
expensive phones. I sell the phones to Afeez and Lanre. They are street guys in
Computer Village. I was trained by Bello. I have not seen him for long.”
The Lagos State Police Public
Relations Officer (PPRO),
Bala Elkana said the suspect was
assisting the police in the arrest of the buyers of the stolen phones.”
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