Police arrest phone thief in Lagos
The Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 25-year-old man, Chinedu Ike, a suspected serial phone thief.
This is contained in its official Twitter handle on Wednesday.
RRS said the suspect, who was rescued from being lynched by a mob for stealing a phone, committed the same offence a few weeks after.
“The suspect was rescued from jungle justice by the RRS patrol team sometime in September 2022 in Iyana Oworo over the phone theft.”
RRS said Mr Ike was beaten to a coma and discharged from the hospital some days after the mob attack.
“He was beaten to a coma by witnesses before he was rushed to the hospital by the team.
“On Monday, using his usual style, he sneaked into a parked car to steal the driver’s phone.
“Ike was arrested by our team when those who knew him hinted to the driver to check his phone,” it said.
RRS stated that its team recovered the driver’s Infinix Note 10 from the suspect’s bag.
The statement said Mr Ike had been sentenced.
(NAN)
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