Phone thief finds joy, fulfilment in stealing

28-year-old phone thief expert, Babatunde Ibrahim, told the police after his arrest that he enjoys what he does, illegal or not.
The suspect, in a confessional statement, said he had been partaking in the act right from childhood and had stolen over 100 phones.
Ibrahim was arrested on Sunday just after robbing a house in Ilupeju which he claimed he had entered through the ajar balcony door and carted away with three phones and other valuables.

But then he added that his targets were mainly motorists trapped in gridlock.
He said, “The act of stealing has become part of me. I am a specialist in burgling people’s houses. I used to gain entrance into any house by breaking the door or cutting window net with a razor blade. I derive pleasure in taking what does not belong to me.”
“Apart from burglary, I also operate during traffic jams, especially on Ikorodu Road, Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway and Apapa-Oshodi Expressway. The last operation I went for was at Ilupeju where luck ran out on me. I stole two Nokia phones, one BlackBerry and other valuables. The receivers of the phones I stole are Sanni (Azeez) and Hakeem (Kamoru). They live on Akala Street, Mushin.”
Having arrested the two accomplice following the confessional, the RRS Commander, Olatunji Disu, said Bernard was arrested for being suspicious, “We noticed his suspicious movement. He wanted to drop his bag in one corner, but when he found out that we had seen him, he bolted. But we gave him a chase and caught up with him. We conducted a thorough check on his bag where we recovered the stolen items.”