The operatives of the Ekiti State Police Command have arrested a man who allegedly specialised in stealing phones from churches in Ayegbaju and Oye communities in the state.

The Ekiti State Commissioner of Police, Akinwale Adeniran, disclosed this on Sunday, May 5, 2024.

Adeniran, in a statement issued by the command’s spokesperson, Sunday Abutu, said the suspect was arrested after allegedly carting away seven phones, belonging to different people from Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) in Ayegbaju-Ekiti on Saturday, May 4.

The commissioner noted that the suspect, who went to the church pretending to be a member, studied the worshippers and in the euphoria of praises, made away with seven phones.

He said: “The suspect, during interrogation, confessed to have been operating around Oye-Ekiti and Ayegbaju-Ekiti, with churches as his target.

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“He further confessed to have stolen a lot of phones from the Redeemed Christian Church of God and New Reality Christian Centre, all in Oye-Ekiti.”

The police commissioner stated that an investigation revealed that the suspect, after meeting his target, usually sent the stolen phones through motor parks to Lagos where his friend would assist him to sell them and send the proceeds to him through online transfer.

Adeniran, however, said the seven phones the suspect stole during his last operation at CAC in Ayegbaju-Ekiti had been recovered from him.

Adeniran further stated that some of the victims of the suspect’s atrocities had shown up at the police station and had identified him and their stolen phones.

He said the suspect would be arraigned in court immediately after the conclusion of the investigation.

The Star