A member of a one chance gang arrested by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad(RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command, Ajibola Alao, has said his failure to heed his late mother’s advice not to take other peoples’ sweat caused his arrest.

Alao was chased and arrested last Thursday afternoon during one of his routine operations in Oshodi after dispossessing their lone passenger of his two phones and the sum on N61,000:00.

The suspect, in company of the driver and conductor of their operational bus, a Volkswagen Transporter, with the registration number, APP 820 XE, had picked up their passenger, Asotie Benedict, at Ladipo with agreed plan to drop him at Oshodi Under Bridge.

But instead, Alao and his accomplices, armed with an alternative plan did not stop at Oshodi Under bridge for him to alight.

Citing the presence of LASTMA at that Bus Stop, they pretended they ascending the bridge towards Oshodi Oke, it was at this point they dispossessed Asotie of his two mobile phones (Blackberry Passport and Samsung) and his wallet containing N60,000:00 before forcing him to alight while the vehicle was in motion.

According to Asotie, 24, “after throwing me out in motion, they threw my N100:00 fare beside me on the road, perhaps, for me to find my way back home. But, I didn’t give up, I chased the danfo bus.

Alao, in his confessional statement, disclosed to be part of a three man one chance gang and that the two additional phones in his possession belonged to two previous victims of their operation in Oshodi.

He stated “I have been in the business of one chance since 2015. At a point, I stopped and began pickpocketing, joining buses to Sango, Agege, Oshodi, Apapa and disembarking whenever I have fleeced commuters of their phones and money”.

She pleaded with the officers and secured my bail. She warned me repeatedly never to take other people sweat”, he disclosed.

Confirming the development, the State’s Police Public Relations Officer, Superintendent of Police, Dolapo Badmos, said the Command would not rest on its oars in nipping in the bud criminal activities in the state.

The suspect has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Yaba, for further investigations