A 23-year-old armed robbery suspect, Godwin Emmanuel, on Friday confirmed his dexterity in stealing as he confessed to stealing a police mobile phone inside a patrol van that was conveying him to Osun State Police Command.
Emmanuel was arrested alongside two others; Olajide Kareem(28yrs) and Mike Emmanuel(33yrs) who allegedly robbed residents and raped a 65-year-old woman who was taking her husband to hospital along Ilesa-Osu expressway in Osun State.
Parading the suspects yesterday, the spokesperson of Osun State Police Command, Yemisi Opalola explained that “the three suspects rob motorists and passengers of their belongings. In one of the incidents, a bus driver was shot on his leg but was subsequently rushed to Seventh-Day Adventist Hospital in Ile-Ife where he received treatment.
“Consequently, Olajide was arrested in the bush and he confessed that he was a member of a five-man gang of armed robbers who came from Ikorodu area in Lagos State to perpetrate their acts in Osun State. The other two suspects were arrested.”
Speaking with newsmen, Godwin said, “I was arrested for armed robbery. When I was being transported to the Police Command in Osogbo, inside the police patrol van that I was conveyed, I stole a phone. I don’t know that it is a police phone. I beg make una no vex.
“I told the police not to be angry with me. I don’t know when I did that. I took the phone into the police cell without them knowing. I removed the SIM card; I want to use the phone to call my people because they don’t know I have been arrested for armed robbery.
“I have been here for about two months. They later came to search me in the cell where I was and discovered the phone on me. Please tell them to forgive me. I won’t do it again.”
