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A 48-year-old man, Henry Ate, yesterday told police in Lagos that he and other pickpockets usually operate in shifts – morning and evening – in the Lagos metropolis. Ate and seven others were arrested by officials of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) as pickpockets. The RRS also arrested seven others as “one-chance” robbers.

All the suspects were arrested at Ajegunle area and Mile 2. The RSS gave the names of the suspects as Ate, Akeem Fatai (42), Jerry Nwokoro (24), Olayinka Tadius (29), Lucky Thompson (36), Stanley Augustine (31) and Ubah Kenneth (25). Others are Habib Narudeen (17), Oyemi Ilesanmi (23), Kenneth Okojie (30), Chinedu Uzubi (24), Ajakaiye Christopher (30), Samson Uwaneze (23), and Wasiu Kazeem 24; while Chinedu Godwin (32), a suspected pickpocket, was apprehended at Mile 2.

The police also recovered two commercial buses with registration number KTU 716XS and GGE 532XL used by the suspects.

According to RRS, the arrest was made possible following a tip-off from the of the public about the incessant attacks of the suspects.

According to Ate, after their operation they retire to hotel in the afternoon and then regroup later in the evening. He said: “As at the time we were arrested, more than half of us had gone out for the morning operation, but seven of us were arrested at various bus stops along Oshodi-Mile 2 routes. As pickpockets, we know one another. We have no other jobs than what we do; it is what we depend on.” The suspect added that, occasionally, the pickpockets work with “one-chance” robbers.

According to him, the operation involves a bus driver, conductor and a pickpocket who seats mostly at the back seat of the bus. He added: “Whenever we are going on operation, we only pick about two to four engers and dispossess them of their belongings and drop them by the roadside before speeding off.

But we don’t push down any enger we have robbed. “If I decide not go out with my gang, I always prefer to pickpocket alone at Shoprite and Governor’s Office area.”

Six of the suspects confessed to the police that they operate from Mile 2 to Oshodi and Oshodi to Iyana-Ipaja routes. Pastor Emeka Ndukwe, one of their victims, narrated how his phone was removed from his pocket inside the bus at Iyana-Ipaja area.

He said: “I only noticed my phone was removed when I wanted to buy something at the bus stop.” The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Dolapo Bos, who confirmed the arrest of the suspects, said there would be no hiding place for criminals in Lagos. She, however, said the suspects would soon be charged to court.

http://newtelegraphonline.com/run-shifts-say-pickpockets/

They use meta physical power too

May God help and protect us against bad people.

The police should castrate those bastards.

Good or Bad Igbo must always lead

All the name checker i guess would go on strike on this thread cos every one of them is well represented. Thank God for their apprehension. At least a certain amount of sigh of relief would be heaved by people in that area.

Satan will soon arrange your shift duty in hell...idiots.

Shakara done end oooo

Seems name checkers will be confused here as d names seems mixed..

Nawa for una Sha..

I hope they get judged under Sharia Law and have their Arms chopped off...

Endtime boys

Asin day and night shifts like in a normal job!
Ok, continue..

pendusky:
Good or Bad Igbo must always lead

Great ...i have given a good snapshot (Y -7, I - 6, B -1)
I have arranged the people in order of seniority....

Ate, Akeem Fatai (42), Y
Lucky Thompson (36), Y
Chinedu Godwin (32), I
Stanley Augustine (31), I
Ajakaiye Christopher (30), Y
Kenneth Okojie (30), B
Olayinka Tadius (29), Y
Ubah Kenneth (25), I
Chinedu Uzubi (24), I
Wasiu Kazeem (24), Y
Jerry Nwokoro (24), I
Oyemi Ilesanmi (23), Y
Samson Uwaneze (23), I
Habib Narudeen (17), Y

Bloody thieves

So it's a factory that they run shift? Na wa ooo

Why won't they steal?
Stupid country with useless leaders

Lagos and thieves.....
Then, some IPOD yoots and crime

Nawa o.

Una be ocean's eleven ni??

See dat one wearing United Jersey

ibkgab001:
They use meta physical power too

Stop being ignorant. They practice a lot. That's all

IRserveMyComent:
All the name checker i guess would go on strike on this thread cos every one of them is well represented. Thank God for their apprehension. At least a certain amount of sigh of relief would be heaved by people in that area.

Over to the name checker association of Nairaland



When West collabo with East

Name checking postponed,tribe affected,I repeat!tribe affected!!copy?

kaziblake:
Why won't they steal?
Stupid country with useless leaders

Dx x nt an excuse..........

We are in d same country with dem or are you stealing too

Adebola02:
The police should castrate those bastards.

because?

pendusky:
Good or Bad Igbo must always lead

The major tribes are represented well there so which one is igbo again

@Hahn LMAO

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