A telephone thief, who was arrested alongside his accomplice, has pleaded with the Police in Lagos that his parents must not know that he engaged in stealing.
The operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of Lagos State Police Command that apprehended them alleged that they specialised in stealing handsets and valuable items.
The Police said the suspects, who burgle shops of innocent traders at Abule-Oja in Yaba, were arrested by the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command on Oct. 13.
The RRS Commander, ACP Olatunji Disu, told newsmen that the thieves were arrested at about 6.22 p.m. after they had successfully stolen three handsets from a shop in the area.
According to Disu, the policemen on patrol went after them when they received a distress call about the incident.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the duo confessed to the crime, saying that poverty lured them to take to stealing. One of them, who hails from Ndokwa Local Government Area in Delta State, pleaded that his parents must not know that he was caught for stealing.