A suspected telephone thief who was arrested with his
accomplice, has pleaded with the operatives of the Rapid
Response Squad (RRS) of Lagos State Police Command not to
allow his parents find out that he engages in phone theft in
Lagos. The suspected phone thieves, Ufoma Asakpa, 22, and
Augustine Omedo, 20, were arrested after trying to steal a
phone from a shop at Abule-Oja in Yaba on Oct. 13.
When interrogated, one of the suspects who hails from
Ndokwa Local Government Area in Delta State, told NAN that
his parents must not find out that he was into stealing.
“I was a secondary school dropout. I was unable to
proceed to senior classes after I failed Junior WAEC. My
parents took me to my brother’s shop to learn how to
repair generators but I couldn’t endure the period of
apprenticeship. While looking for ways to earn quick
money, I met my partner who introduced me to
stealing. I joined him about 10 months ago and the
police never caught us. In fact, my parents must not
know that I am a thief because I leave home every day
as if I was going to work. I have regretted my actions
for taking to stealing for survival. It is the devil that
pushed me into it,’’ he said
His accomplice when interrogated said
“When I entered the shop pretending to buy a sachet of
water to cook rice, I saw a phone charging in that shop.
I took the phone and switched it off immediately. My
partner had also gone to another shop to steal phones
too. We had successfully stolen those phones but
suddenly, we saw RRS men chasing us. As we were
about to mount on our motorcycle, we were crossed
and arrested,’’ he said in his confessional statement.
Speaking on their arrest, Rapid Response Squad (RRS)
commander, ACP Olatunji Disu, said that the thieves were
arrested after they successfully stole three handsets from a
shop in the Abule Oja area in Yaba, Lagos.
“Our policemen who were on routine patrol around
Yaba axis got a distress call from victims informing
them that there were thieves who robbed them of their
valuables. The suspects took to their heels but the
policemen chased and caught them while they
attempted to mount a motorcycle, popularly known as
Okada. The duo was conveyed to the squad’s
headquarters in Alausa for interrogation. Upon
completion of our preliminary investigation, we
discovered that the two suspects specialized in stealing
phones and other valuable items under the pretence of
buying products from any shop they visited. The
suspects confirmed that their tricks was to disguise as
buyers and once they found out that the seller is
sleeping or off their sights, they will pick their phones,
money and other valuables,’’ he said
The suspects have confessed to stealing over 70 phones
which they sell to a certain man named Alfa. They have both
been transferred to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of
the command for further investigation.
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