Divisional Crime Officer, Ilaro Police Command , SP. Oni Waheed, said the public should desist from buying mobile phones from strangers in order not get into trouble with the law .
Waheed gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Ota , Ogun State .
He said instead , people should purchase their mobile phones from well- known outlets to prevent them from getting into police net .
“It is easy to trace cell phones bought from an outlet when a crime is being committed by criminals than the one purchased from a stranger ,” he said .
Waheed noted that hoodlums sometimes robbed people of their valuables like cell phones , laptops and money and sell them to innocent people .
According to him , most of the criminals who indulge in the act usually sell the stolen goods to innocent people , on the pretext that they needed money urgently to attend to some needs .
“We have seen many victims of such a problem and there is no evidence to prove their innocence. “
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