Story by Iyiola Ayomide
An armed robbery suspect, Godwin Emmanuel, has admitted to stealing a police officer’s phone from a patrol van while being transported to the Osun State Police Command.
The 23-year-old was arrested along with two other suspects, Olajide Kareem and Mike Emmanuel.
The trio is accused of robbing residents and sexually assaulting a 65-year-old woman on the Ilesa-Osu Expressway in Osun State. It was gathered that the woman was taking her husband to the hospital when the attack occurred.
Parading the suspects on Friday, the spokesperson of the Osun State Police Command, Yemisi Opalola, explained that the three suspects robbed motorists and passengers of their belongings.
She said that in one of the incidents, a bus driver was shot in his leg but was rushed to Seventh-day Adventist Hospital in Ile-Ife, where he received treatment.
Speaking with newsmen, Emmanuel explained how he managed to steal the phone from the police officer.
“I was arrested for armed robbery. When I was being transported to the Police Command in Osogbo, inside the police patrol van that I was conveyed in, I stole a phone. I didn’t know it was a police phone. I beg, make una no 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 wanted to use the phone to call my people because they didn’t know I had 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.”
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