Godwin Emmanuel, a 23-year-old armed robbery suspect, has confessed to stealing a police officer’s phone from a patrol van while being transported to the Osun State Police Command.
According to Punch, Emmanuel was arrested along with two other suspects, Olajide Kareem, 28, and 33-year-old Emmanuel Mike, who allegedly robbed residents along the Ilesa-Osu Expressway.
The spokesperson of the state Police Command, Yemisi Opalola, disclosed during the parade of the suspects on Friday that, “The three suspects rob motorists and passengers of their belongings. In one of the incidents, a bus driver was shot in his leg and was subsequently rushed to Seventh-day Adventist Hospital in Ile-Ife where he received treatment.
“Consequently, Olajide was arrested in the bush and he confessed that he was a member of a five-man gang of armed robbers who came from the Ikorodu area in Lagos State to perpetrate their acts in Osun State. The other two suspects were arrested.”
Speaking with journalists, Emmanuel said, “I was arrested for armed robbery. When I was been transported to the Police Command in Osogbo, inside the police patrol van that I was conveyed, I stole a phone. I don’t know that it is a police phone. I beg please don’t vex.
“I told the police not to be angry with me. I don’t know when I did that. I took the phone into the police cell without them knowing. I removed the SIM card, I want to use the phone to call my family because they don’t know I have been arrested for armed robbery.
“I have been here for about two months. They later came to search me in the cell where I was and discovered the phone on me. Please tell them to forgive me. I won’t do it again.”
