By Editor
The Ekiti State Police Force has arrested one Babatunde Olaoluwa, a one man gang, who specializes in stealing phones from worship centers, after carting away seven different phones belong to different people from Christ Apostolic Church, Ayegbaju-Ekiti.
The suspect, who went to the church pretending to be one of their members, studied the worshippers and in the euphoria of praises, made away with seven phones.
According to a statement released by the State PPRO DSP Abutu Sunday, the suspect, during interrogation, confessed to have been operating around Oye and Ayegbaju-Ekiti with churches as his target. He further confessed to have stolen a lot of phones from the Redeemed Christian Church of God and New Reality Christian Center, all in Oye-Ekiti.
Further investigation revealed that the suspect, after meeting his target,will send the stolen phones through motor park to Lagos where his friend will assist him to sell them and send the proceeds back to him through online transfer.
According to report, the seven phones he stole during his last operation at Christ Apostolic Church, Ayegbaju-Ekiti, have been recovered from him and some of the victims of his atrocities have shown up in the station and identified the suspect and their stolen phones.
The PPRO said the suspect will be arraigned accordingly immediately after the conclusion of investigation.
