A convicted thief has narrated how he left his home state for Lagos to earn a living by stealing.
Somadina Enyiobi
A convicted car snatcher, Somadina Enyiobi has confessed that he left his village in Oraifite in Anambra State to Lagos with the mission to steal and become a rich man according.
He stated this at Isolo Magistrates’ court, Lagos State, western Nigeria, where he was convicted and sentenced to two years imprisonment without an option of fine for conspiracy and stealing.
The 26-year-old convict said before he agreed to come to Lagos, he knew his mission was to steal because his brother who brought him to Lagos clearly told him about their car snatching business. Enyiobi said he was brought to Lagos by his village friend and brother he identified as Uchechukwu in 2014, who introduced him to other members of their gang.
He said whenever Uchechukwu returned to their village, he usually came with huge money which he would use to buy them drinks and encouraged him to join him in Lagos.
“Uchechukwu told me to follow him to Lagos and hustle with him and I was convinced and I followed him,” he narrated.
Enyiobi confessed that he had been involved in car snatching and other criminal activities and had earned some money before he was arrested. Luck ran out on him when security operatives apprehended him during which he made confessional statements.
He was handed over to the police at Ago Palace division who charged him to court, while his gang members who escaped are still at large.