RRS ARRESTS NOTORIOUS LAPTOP, PHONE AND COMPUTER ACCESSORIES THIEF
The operatives of Rapid Response Squad RRS of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a man who specializes in stealing laptops and properties from conference and seminar participants in Lagos State.
Confirming the incident, the Police PPRO, ASP Olarinde Famous Cole, said that there would be no hiding place for criminals in Lagos State as officers of the command are at alert to nip crime in the bud.
The suspect, Ikemefuna Aje, 47, was arrested on Wednesday afternoon after he had gate-crashed into a seminar organized for internet brand managers at a popular hotel in GRA, Ikeja, Lagos. He made away with 5 Mac Books, one HP computer and some assorted personal effects of the workshop participants.
He drove into the venue, before heading straight to the seminar hall, precisely when the participants were having launch in another room. The suspect, who was corporately dressed, wore the tag of seminar participants. However, luck ran out on him as he was captured in the CCTV camera around the venue of the event.
RRS operatives in tracking the suspect traced him to 5, Tony Street, Ejigbo Lagos. They recovered a 4Runner Toyota car with the registration No. KRD 701 DC, which was driven to the venue by the suspect, a master key, Zinox laptop, several computer bags, computer and tablet accessories as well as seminar materials and a sum of N700, 000:00.
According to one of the representatives of the seminar organizer, who chose to remain anonymous, the seminar was not advertised online nor in any national newspaper. How this suspect got to know of the event and managed to come at the exact time, about a hundred participants were having launch was surprising.
Police investigation revealed that Ikemefuna had several scouts who furnish him with information on conferences and seminars, where he went to steal laptops and participants properties.
The suspect was quoted to have said that the seminar was one of the many others where he had gate crashed before stealthily making away with several laptops, mobile phones and computer accessories of participants.
He initially denied the crime but confessed when he was shown a copy of the CCTV footages before leading the operatives to Computer Village Ikeja, to arrest the buyer.
In his remarks, the buyer Saliu Ibraheem said, “I have known Ikemefuna for more than seven years. He brought 5 Mac Books and one HP to my shop which he said he bought in South Africa. I bought the 5 Mac Books and a HP laptop computer for N1, 110,000 and I resold it immediately for N1, 250,000:00. The money was transferred into my account immediately”.
The RSS had recovered all the laptops allegedly stolen by the suspect at the seminar while the suspect has been transferred to the SCID, Panti, Yaba for further investigation and prosecution.
Meanwhile, the State Government has commenced the prosecution of 87 miscreants and 35 notorious cult members arrested during an overnight operation carried out recently by the Force around Idi-Oro, Akala and Mushin area of Lagos.