Police in Ogun State have arrested one David Fashina, a motorcycle rider who allegedly impersonated a policeman to steal two phones from a man in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
The state Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, said the incident happened on August 8. The victim, one Dr Eniola, reported to the police that he was robbed of his two phones by a syndicate of two, one of whom was dressed in a police uniform.
In the course of an investigation, the suspects were arrested and the phones were recovered from them. Speaking with newsmen, Fashina, from Ekiti State, said he committed the crime when he went to pick a commercial sex worker who was his customer.
According to the suspect, “after picking the lady, I saw a man who was drunk and sleeping inside his car nearby, and I saw two mobile phones in his car. I picked the phones, took one and gave the lady the other one. I sold the one I picked for N90,000.”
