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18-yr-old serial convict nabbed again after snatching mobile phone
The long arm of the law has yet again caught up with 18-year-old serial convict Sadeeq Wasiu after he was nabbed at Oshodi Under Bridge.
His arrest came as he attempted to escape after snatching an Infinix Note 3 from an undergraduate who was waiting for a bus to get home.
Reports say the suspect popularly known as “Omo Eiye” who had been imprisoned seven times has been on the wanted list of the police for several months.
While fielding questions from journalists, the suspect who was released from Potoki Prison, Badagry in January, 2017, said he ran away from Ikire, Osun State to Lagos when he was 15 years old.
“I was 15 years when I came to Lagos to work as a conductor in 2014. My parents were not aware I am in Lagos,” he stated.
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“My popular name is Eyie. I steal phones from people at Oshodi. We were three in my group; Ahmed alias Oyi, Tombolo and I. We have stolen more than 45 phones as a group and I have stolen countless number of phones individually…. I used to sell the phones at Idi-Oro, Mushin. I sell the phone according to their make. I sell some N10,000.00 and N8,000.00. I have gone to jail seven times.”
“I sell Indian Hemp too. I buy it from Spider in Lagos Island and I resell in small wraps to over 50 of my colleagues in Oshodi. I can buy N4,000.00 and break into small wraps and sell for N8,000.00”.
The State’s Police Public Relations Officer, Superintendent of Police, Dolapo Badmus, while confirming the arrest, said the suspect has been transferred to the Lagos State Taskforce in Oshodi for prosecution while also noting that the Command will not rest on its oars in fighting crime in the state.
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