Men of the Amotekun corps in Osun State have arrested a 30-year-old ex-convict, Emmanuel Popoola, who allegedly stole phones belonging to some secondary school students in Ile-Ife.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the commander, Brig-Gen Bashir Adewinmbi (retd.), the suspect was engaged as a security guard by a private secondary school in Ile-Ife, where he stole the mobile phones.
“In June, some students of Crown Comprehensive College, Ile-Ife, who were taking examinations, gave their phones to the suspect to keep for them as they were not allowed to take their phones into the examination hall.
“The suspect, after collecting all the phones, ran away from the school and went into hiding. The incident was reported to the Amotekun corps and through intelligence gathering and investigation, we were able to arrest the suspect on Wednesday at Ikirun, Ifelodun Local Government Area.”
The commander said when the suspect was interrogated, he confessed to the crime, adding that the suspect previously served an eight months jail term for phone theft. He noted that the security guard had been stealing people’s phones for a long time.
He pointed out that seven SIM cards of different telecom networks, an Infinix phone with a SIM card, Tecno Pop 3 casing, Infinix Hot casing, Tecno Spark casing and one Automated Teller Machine card were recovered from the suspect.
Adewinmbi noted that the suspect had been handed over to the police for more investigation and prosecution.