How I make 300, 000 monthly –Beggar

A 56-year-old suspected drug addict Kehinde Olatunbosun who was arrested by men of the Lagos State Command of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS has narrated to how he makes N300,000 monthly by begging for alms in Ikeja and it’s environs.

Olatunbosun who hails from Ibadan, Oyo State was arrested alongside three drug peddlers and 15 other drug addicts after a raid on a joint at the Ipodo area of Ikeja following an undercover team of RRS officers who traced a case of a stolen phone to the joint.

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In his confession, Olatubosun revealed that he makese over N10,000 daily begging at Mobolaji Bank Anthony Roundabout, beside Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Toyin Street and Opebi, all in Ikeja.

“Every day, I make over N10,000 doing corporate begging. All days of the week, I am always in Mobolaji Bank Anthony Roundabout, Toyin Street Roundabout and Opebi.
“At times, I collaborate with other beggars. Whatever we make, we share. But I get a larger share.

“What I do is that I get LASUTH drug prescription papers from their waste bin. With this in my hand, I convince motorists, passengers and passers-by that I have a relative who is in need of money to buy drugs and I show them the prescription papers”, he said.

According to him, he was deported from Germany after he was caught in possession of hard drugs.

“I have four children. Two are in Germany with my wife. One is in Texas, United States and another in Nigeria,” he said.

“Unfortunately, all the money I make from this begging goes into drugs. Day after day, I am always there, seven days a week. I make more money on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. I make more than N10,000:00 on weekends.

“As I speak to you, I’m not on drugs but I am experiencing withdrawal symptoms, that is, the effect of not taking drugs for sometimes.”

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