A 40 year old theif pretending as a Beggar man
arrested by the Ogun state police command in Abeokuta, ogun state.
The suspect, Falaye was said to have been pretending as an
alms begger around the Abeokuta strret but upon suspicion, when his hideout was
raided by Policemen, it was discovered that he lived an affluence life in an
underground building. The suspect was arrested and interrogated.
Parading the suspect
at Oke- Ijemo Police station, area of Abeokuta, the State Police Public
Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi disclosed that the suspect lived around
ijemo, area of the state capital.
The PPRO said
when his men conducted a search on the hideout of the suspect, some items
were recovered which include; 20 tv sets, 26 assorted phones,
five generators, 11 home theaters, 14 cutlasses, one axe many Digital
Video Display, stoves, bundles of cable wires among others.
Oyeyemi said "the
most surprising thing is that, all recovered exhibits are still functioning
properly.
"Investigation
has revealed that, the accused is neither a dealer nor a repairer, one cannot
be a phone repairer, television repairer, generator repairer and a farmer at
the same time". Abimbola said.
In an interview with
the suspect, he said, he works as a creditor who grants loan to people who are
in need, saying that those items recovered by the Police are the collateral
from the debtors.
Oyeyemi however, urged
citizens of the state to always be watchful to all beggars on the street,
saying that it is not all beggars that are true beggars.
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