‘I can use my hand to steal anything from anybody’s pocket’

A suspected pick-pocket, Dayo, alias Skippo, has said that he can steal anything inside a bag without the owner knowing.  The suspect, who was arrested last week by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja, claimed to be an expert in stealing.  Dayo was arrested at the Ikeja-Under-Bridge […]

A suspected pick-pocket, Dayo, alias Skippo, has said that he can steal anything inside a bag without the owner knowing.

 The suspect, who was arrested last week by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja, claimed to be an expert in stealing.

 Dayo was arrested at the Ikeja-Under-Bridge by the RRS decoy team. During interrogation, he confessed he had been in the theft act for a long time, pleading it was financial problems that led him into the crime.

 The suspect, a secondary school drop-out, further explained that all he needed to do was to have the slightest physical contact with his victim and their valuables are gone.

 “I can use my head to remove anything from your body. I will just pretend as if I know you somewhere and in the process of giving you salutations, your item is gone”, he confessed.

 He also confessed that he wasn’t working alone but with some members of his group. 

“Just in case the victim becomes suspicious, they would quickly swing into action,” he said.

 One of his victims who narrated his encounter with the suspect, said, “I went to the Ikeja Computer Village to see a friend of mine. After seeing him and on my way to the bus park, I just saw someone hug me from behind, and later apologized to me when I told him I didn’t know him. Before I could look around again, I discovered my phone was gone already and the guy was nowhere to be found.

 “I went back to my friend’s shop almost immediately to track my iPhone and the location I saw was that my phone was already in Lagos Island.” 

 The suspect appealed during interrogation to be given a second chance to turn a new leaf, vowing he would never go back to the act.

 The suspect has been transferred to the SCID, Panti, Lagos, for further investigation.