An 18 year old suspect arrested by the operatives of the Rapid Response Squad(RRS) of Lagos State Police Command, has disclosed that he ran away from auto engineering to pickpocketing because it was more.

The suspect, Seun Jimoh, 18, from Ondo State was arrested on early hours on Tuesday, in Oshodi while in the act.

The suspect, who decked in brown jacket and trousers, and a hand bag like a business executive,before his arrest, had already stolen four mobile phones from unsuspecting commuters in an early morning rush in the area.

It was learnt that he was about to remove N18,000:00 from the pocket of a commuter during another bus stampede when he was caught.

According to our source, “Unknowingly to him, two of his victims were on the lookout for him after suspecting him for being in custody of their missing phones.

While standing at Oshodi under Bridge, they spotted him removing money from the pocket of a passenger, Gbenga Odeniyi. At that point, his earlier victims, Onuh Austine and Onesimus Paul raised an alarm, which made Jimoh to promptly drop the money and take to his heels but RRS operatives close to the scene chased and caught him”.

The operatives after listening to all the accusations requested the victims’ phone numbers which were dialled and they were found in Jimoh’s handbag.

While at the RRS’s Headquarters, the suspect confessed to have stolen the two phones during a bus stampede.

In his confessional statement, he said: On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, I am always in Oshodi pickpocketing. I stole an average of eight phones on Mondays and maybe like nine phones on Fridays. I don’t really get more than five phones on Wednesdays.

The RRS operatives later invited the owners of the two other phones found with Seun to collect them.

Confirming the arrest, State Police Public Relations Officer, Dolapo Badmos, re-assured people of Lagos, of maximum security in place in the state.

Badmos, a Superintendent of Police, said the suspect had given information that would help track down his colleagues in the same trade as well as stolen phone buyers.

The suspect has been transferred to the Lagos State Taskforce on Environment for prosecution.