The confession of a robbery suspect to stealing a police officer’s phone as. he’s being transported to the Police Command in a patrol van was surprising and bizarre when a 23-year-old armed robbery suspect, Godwin Emmanuel, explained to the OsunReporters News Correspondent on Friday.
It was revealed that Emmanuel, with two other suspects, Olajide Kareem (28) and Emmanuel Mike (33), were initially apprehended for allegedly robbing residents along the Ilesa-Osu Expressway.
Reports further revealed that the trio had been targeting unsuspecting victims in the area, causing significant distress among local residents.
After their arrest, as they were being transported to the police command Emmanuel, allegedly committed the impudent act of stealing the phone belonging to one of the officers in the patrol vehicle.
During the parade of some suspects on Friday, the spokesperson of the state Police Command, Yemisi Opalola, disclosed that, “The three suspects robbed motorists and passengers of their belongings.
In one of the operations, 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.”
In his narration, 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 don’t know that it is a policeman phone. I beg please don’t vex”.
,,,,,,,“I told the police not to be angry with me. I don’t know when I did that. I took the phone into the police cell without them knowing. I removed the SIM card, I want to use the phone to call my family because they don’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.”
Police, however, promised to charge the suspects to court after investigation.