A 23-year-old armed robbery suspect, Godwin Emmanuel, has explained why he stole a police officer’s phone in a patrol van while being transported to the Osun State Police Command.
Emmanuel was arrested along with two other suspects, Olajide Kareem (28-year-old) and Emmanuel Mike (33-year-old) who allegedly robbed residents along the Ilesa-Osu Expressway.
Parading the suspects on Friday, the spokesperson of the state Police Command, Yemisi Opalola, disclosed that, “The three suspects rob motorists and passengers of their belongings. In one of the incidents, a bus driver was shot in his leg but was subsequently rushed to Seventh-day Adventist Hospital in Ile-Ife where he received treatment.
“Consequently, Olajide was arrested in the bush and he confessed that he was a member of a five-man gang of armed robbers who came from the Ikorodu area in Lagos state to perpetrate their acts in Osun State. The other two suspects were arrested.”
Speaking with journalists, Emmanuel said, “I was arrested for armed robbery. When I was being transported to the Police Command in Osogbo, inside the police patrol van that I was conveyed, I stole a phone. I didn’t know that it was a police phone. I beg, please, don’t vex.
“I told the police not to be angry with me. I didn’t know when I did that. I took the phone into the police cell without them knowing. I removed the SIM card, I wanted to use the phone to call my family because they didn’t know I have been arrested for armed robbery.
“I have been here for about two months. They later came to search me in the cell where I was and discovered the phone on me. Please, tell them to forgive me. I won’t do it again.”
