A 23-year-old armed theft suspect, Godwin Emmanuel, has confessed to stealing a police officer’s telephone from a patrol van whereas being transported to the Osun State Police Command.
Metropolis Spherical gathered that Emmanuel was arrested together with two different suspects, Olajide Kareem (28-year-old) and Emmanuel Mike (33-year-old) who allegedly robbed residents alongside the Ilesa-Osu Expressway.
Parading the suspects on Friday, the spokesperson of the state Police Command, Yemisi Opalola, disclosed that, “The three suspects rob motorists and passengers of their belongings. In one of many incidents, a bus driver was shot in his leg however was subsequently rushed to Seventh-day Adventist Hospital in Ile-Ife the place he obtained remedy.
“Consequently, Olajide was arrested within the bush and he confessed that he was a member of a five-man gang of armed robbers who got here from the Ikorodu space in Lagos state to perpetrate their acts in Osun State. The opposite two suspects have been arrested.”
Talking with journalists, Emmanuel stated, “I used to be arrested for armed theft. After I was been transported to the Police Command in Osogbo, contained in the police patrol van that I used to be conveyed, I stole a telephone. I don’t know that it’s a police telephone. I urge please don’t vex.
“I advised the police to not be offended with me. I don’t know once I did that. I took the telephone into the police cell with out them understanding. I eliminated the SIM card, I need to use the telephone to name my household as a result of they don’t know I’ve been arrested for armed theft.
“I’ve been right here for about two months. They later got here to go looking me within the cell the place I used to be and found the telephone on me. Please inform them to forgive me. I received’t do it once more.”
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