Crime
Lagos: Nigerian singer, Pianist arrested for robbery
Lagos Police Command have arrested a musician and a pianist who are both robbery suspects.
The suspects confessed that they were forced into robbery by the need to survive the COVID -19 lockdown hunger.
The suspects: Chinonso Michael, 25, an Afro hip-hop singer and Chimelu Victory, 22 years, a pianist, were arrested last week Wednesday in the company of five other suspects at their residence at 4, Modupe Young Thomas Estate, Ajah.
The duo had on 10th April 2020, ordered pay on delivery, an iPhone 11 Pro Max valued at N450,000 through an online platform from their hideout in Ajah.
On receipt of the consignment from a delivery man, Chimelu generated a fake alert and later, with the connivance of Chinonso, escaped from the apartment after they had tied down the despatch rider with a bottle of beer.
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The suspects then sold the phone to a buyer in Ogba, Ikeja, for a sum of N350,000 transferred into Chinoso’s bank account.
The suspects – who jumped off from the first floor to the ground naked – on sighting the police, confessed that was the third time they sold iPhone 11 Pro Max during the COVID – 19 lockdown.
In their confessions, Chinonso and Chimelo, who are regular performers in some Lagos night clubs, attributed their actions to the lockdown, stressing that they had nothing to eat for almost two weeks.
“We were already owing all the store owners in the neighbourhood. Nobody was ready to give us credit anymore. We had to device a means to survive the lockdown”, they stated.
Chimelu, aka Apostle Swag, who recently resigned as a Lekki church keyboardist to pursuit a career in music, stated that he used to have regular shows in Lagos clubs before the lockdown.
The suspects confessed that apart from their musical careers, they also engage in internet fraud.
-Guardian
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