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I do pickpocketing to argument my business – Suspect

I do pickpocketing to argument my business – Suspect
I do pickpocketing to argument my business – Suspect

A suspected pickpocket arrested in Computer Village, Ikeja, Lagos has confessed to the operatives of the Lagos State Rapid Response Squad (RRS), that he was making N18,000:00 daily selling stolen phones. The suspect, Lawal Daodu, 31, was arrested on Friday around 5 p.m. when he unsuccessfully picked a phone from the pocket of a passerby in Ikeja Under Bridge. Lawal, who had before his arrest steadily picked two android phones from passersby, was removing another android phone from the pocket of another victim when the phone incidentally fell from his hand thus 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 his hands. Lawal in his confession to the police explained that he operated in Computer Village, Ikeja, and Tafawa Balewa Square. “On Friday, I was in Computer Village as usual. I had picked two phones in the morning which I sold to my customers in Computer Village.

“In the afternoon, I resumed picking 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 unfortunately, just as I was trying to prove my innocence, one of my victims identified his phone in my hand”.

“I don’t operate every time. I go out at times twice in a week and I make at least N18,000.00 from pickpocketing. There were times I made more than that, especially, when I picked expensive phones. “I started pickpocketing in 2017 and I had never been arrested before. I buy and sell cloth in Computer Village. I resort to pickpocketing to augment my business.

” I use to sell the stolen phones to Afeez and Lanre. They are street guys in Computer Village. I was trained by Bello. I have not seen him for a long time “,

he added.

Commenting on the development, the Command’s Public relation officer, (DSP) Bala Elkana, said the suspect was assisting the police in the arrest of the buyers of the stolen phones in Computer Village, Ikeja

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