Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a pick-pocket who confessed to be an expert in the crime.
The suspect, popularly known as Dayo Skippo, who was arrested at the Ikeja-Under-Bridge, Lagos, told the RRS decoy team that he has been in the stealing act for a long time.
Skippo, a secondary school drop-out, further explained that all he needed for a successful operation was to have the slightest physical contact with his victim and their valuables were gone.
“I can use my head to remove anything from your body. I will just pretend as if I know you somewhere and in the process of giving you salutations, your item is gone,” he said.
He also confessed that he doesn’t perpetrate the theft alone but works with some members of his group, and in case the victim becomes suspicious, they would quickly swing into action.
One of his victims, who narrated his encounter with the suspect, said: “I went to the Ikeja Computer Village to see a friend of mine. After seeing him and on my way to the bus park, I felt someone hug me from behind. He later apologized to me when I told him I didn’t know him. Before I could look around again, I discovered my phone was gone already and the guy was nowhere to be found.
“I went back to my friend’s shop almost immediately to track my iPhone and the location I saw was that my phone was already in Lagos Island."
The suspect appealed during interrogation to be given a second chance to turn a new leaf, vowing he would never go back to the act.
