The suspects, Semiu Obanla, 35, and David Edet, 32, both married, were arrested at an hotel in Abule-Egba, Lagos, after a stolen phone was tracked to the hotel where they lodged.
In his confession to the police, Semiu said, “David and I met at a site in Ikorodu where we both worked as labourers before extending the working relationship to friendship.
Sometime in February this year, I reconnected with David. I invited him after he had attempted to raise money through ‘Yahoo – Yahoo’ but failed. We connived to start stealing phones and valuables from our dates and prostitutes because David and I do visit the brothels for sexual pleasures after our daily work.
We had two unsuspecting prostitutes who believed we were good customers but didn’t know our motive. We agreed for #5,000 for a night for each of the prostitutes. We payed #3,000 for the lodging overnight at a nearby motel which we used regularly. As planned, David was to sneak into my own room at around 3:,00 a.m, steal my phone and hers.
In the morning we began to look for the phones, to the point that even the hotel workers joined us. The following morning, David and I discovered her phone was an itel phone, which we sold for N20,000 to another prostitute in Abule-Egba, Lagos.”
Recovered from the suspects were two android phones. The suspects have been transferred to the SCID for further investigations.
