A suspected drug addict arrested by the Rapid
Response Squad of the Lagos State Command
has disclosed that he made over N300, 000
monthly from begging in Ikeja.
Kehinde Olatubosun, 56, from Ibadan, Oyo
State, was arrested on Saturday night along
with 18 other drug addicts at a joint in Ipodo,
Ikeja.
A team of Rapid Response Squad Decoy had
on Monday night traced a stolen phone to the
joint, leading to the arrest of a three-man
gang mobile phone thieves, three hard drug
peddlers and 13 drug addicts, the police said
in a statement on Sunday.
Mr. Olatubosun stated that he made over N10,
000 daily begging at the Mobolaji Bank
Anthony Roundabout; beside the Lagos State
University Teaching Hospital; Toyin Street; and
Opebi.
“All days of the week, I’m always in Mobolaji
Bank Anthony Roundabout, Toyin Street
roundabout and Opebi. At times, I collaborate
with beggars. Whatever we make, we share
but I get a larger share,” said the suspect.
“What I do is that, I get LASUTH drug
prescription papers. I get it from their waste
bin. With this in my hand, I convince
motorists, passengers and passersby that I
have a relative who is in dire need of money
to buy drugs and I show them the prescription
papers.
“This is what I have been doing since I was
deported from Germany in 2004. Before the
deportation, I was working as Electrical
Engineer in Bauhusa, Colon, Germany. I was
in Germany for 12 years before I was
deported.”
Mr. Olatubosun said his deportation from
Germany was after he was caught in
possession of hard drugs.
“I have four children. Two are in Germany with
my wife. One is in Texas, United States and
another in Nigeria,” he said.
“Unfortunately, all the money I make from this
begging goes into drugs. Day after day, I am
always there, seven days a week. I make more
money on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. I
make more than N10,000:00 on weekends.
“As I speak to you, I’m not on drugs but I am
experiencing withdrawal symptoms, that is, the
effect of not taking drugs for sometimes.”
The suspect said he was at the Ipodo drug
joint when the RRS operatives raided the place
and added that it was the first time he would
be arrested.
“I am praying that RRS release me. I promise I
won’t go back to drug again. Where I live
presently was given to me by my in-law.”
Another drug suspect, Dada Ajayi, arrested at
the drug joint during the police raid, said that
addiction had destroyed his life.
“I am trying to get over it now; drug has been
the cause of my stagnation in life,” said Mr.
Ajayi, 48, who said he had been hooked on
drugs for over 17 years.
“I frequent that joint because I have nowhere
to go. I have lived the better part of my life
consuming drugs.
“As I talk to you, the remains of my wife is in
Ikeja mortuary. She was taken to Lagos State
University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja. I was
asked to bring N150,000 for surgery but I
didn’t have N50,000 on me then. She died in
the process.
“Right now, I have lost my family because of
my drug addiction. I don’t know where my
children are or how to start my life again. I
can’t stop going to that drug joint because it
is the only place where I get consolation. It is
the only place I’m at peace with myself.
“If anybody want to help us, they should arrest
the drug barons or dealers. Arresting us won’t
solve drug problem because without the
sellers there won’t be the takers.
“You arrest the dealers, I mean the merchants,
then, you have cut the supply and thus saved
us from getting drugs. Without that, we would
always find our ways there whenever we are
released.”




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lalasticlala OAM4J , Mynd44 , farano

ve....ry lucrative, even more lucrative than the oil business.

simplemach:
ve....ry lucrative, even more lucrative than the oil business.

I kinda feel funny whilst giving alms to beggars because one can't really tell if they are for real.

"Even if I go broke,I won't beg to differ"Lil Wayne

Na today!

That 2nd guy made lotta sense with his last paragraph.

Kudos RRS

And some die-hard labourers can't even boast of 10k a month. Chai see business. Mhen things are really hard for some folks. Settling for this kind of risky "should i now call this one JOB??" all in the name of making ends meet.
#NaijaWhichWay
#caLLmeBERG

They are into a very lucrative business. I remember a case where one of my colleague was shocked to his marrow when he was in the same flight to mecca ( hajj ) with this woman (a beggar) who he often feels for.

LouisBERG:
And some die-hard labourers can't even boast of 10k a month. Chai see business. Mhen things are really hard for some folks. Settling for this kind of risky "should i now call this one JOB??" all in the name of making ends meet.
#NaijaWhichWay
#caLLmeBERG

if only the stupid man wasn't an addict just imagine how wealthy he would have become. . . Ñ300,00O kpali per month!.