State Police Command, has arrested a pick-pocket suspect
who claimed to be an expert in stealing.
The suspect, popularly known as ‘Dayo Skippo,’ after he
was arrested at Ikeja-Under-Bridge told RRS decoy team in
an interrogation that he has been in the theft act for a long
time. He added that it is the current economic situation
that led him into the crime.
The suspect, a secondary school drop-out further explained
that all he needs to do is to have the slightest physical
contact with his victim and their valuables are gone. “I can
use my head to remove anything from your body. I will just
pretend as if I know you somewhere and in the process of
giving you salutations, your item is gone,” he confessed.
He also confessed that he doesn’t perpetrate the theft
alone but works with some members of his group just in
case the victim becomes suspicious, they would quickly
swing into action.
One of his victims who narrated his encounter with the
suspect, said, “I went to Ikeja Computer Village to see a
friend of mine. After seeing him on my way to the bus park,
I just saw someone hugged me from behind and later
apologized to me when I told him I didn’t know him. Before I
could look around again, I discovered my phone was gone
already and the guy was nowhere to be found.”
“I went back to my friend’s shop almost immediately to
track my iPhone and the location I saw was that my phone
was already in Lagos Island.” The victim added.
The suspect however appealed during the interrogation to
be given a second chance to turn a new leaf swearing that
he will never go back to the act.
Confirming the incident, the Police PPRO, ASP Olarinde
Famous Cole, said that there would be no hiding place for
criminals in Lagos State; adding that officers of the
command are at alert to nip crime in the bud.
The suspect have been transferred to the SCID, Panti, for
further investigations.
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