One of the two suspects arrested by the operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, a unit of Lagos State Police Command, has disclosed that he and other teenagers in Oshodi survive by stealing and dispossessing passers-by of their phones and other valuables.

The suspect, Yusuph Ahmed, from Offa, Kwara State, said this to interrogators at the RRS headquarters in Alausa, Ikeja.

Ahmed, who was arrested in Oshodi after dispossessing a passenger of his phone, stated that he along with other teenagers sleep in Oshodi under bridge and that it is from there they eke out a living by stealing phones and robbing passers-by of their valuables.

The arrested suspect, who had been sleeping under Oshodi Bridge since he was 13, stressed that even though he doesn’t follow those who rob amongst them out all the time, he knows all of them.

However, the stolen phone, a Tecno Y6, was recovered from Ahmed’s brother.

The second suspect, Yusuph Agbaje, 25, from Oyo State, was arrested in Agege for stealing a Blackberry curve from a commuter.

Confirming this, Police Public Relations Officer, Superintendent of Police, Dolapo Badmos, said the Police would leave no stone unturned in getting rid of criminal elements within the state, urging parents to monitor the activities of their wards.

The suspects have been transferred to the Lagos State Task force on Environment for prosecution.