The police in Lagos have arrested a 54-year-old man, Michael Bisa, for allegedly selling fake phones to customers in the Oshodi area of the state.

PUNCH Metro learnt that Bisa, who hails from Effurun, Delta State, was arrested by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad on Saturday at about 5pm.

According to the police, Bisa allegedly swindled members of the public by disguising as a mobile phone seller in the area, selling bars of soap to them instead.

Our correspondent gathered that the police recovered bars of soap, shirts, some amount of money and envelopes from the suspect.

Bisa, a father of four, said in his statement that it was poverty that drove him to sell bars of soap as mobile phones.

He said, “What I did to my customers is called exchange. The people who came to me to buy mobile phones would be shown a real phone. But while we were discussing the price, I would carefully hide the phone in a white handkerchief and swap it with a bar of soap which I had already cut to size and put in a phone case.

“As soon as they left the spot, I would change my clothes so that the buyer would not recognise me again.”

Bisa added that a friend, who was now dead, identified as Hakeem Tijani, introduced him to the “job” about four years ago.

He said, “I was a refrigerator technician in Delta State. I came to Lagos to look for greener pastures about 15 years ago. When the situation got so hard for me, I met a friend, Hakeem Tijani, who is now late. He was the one who taught me the job. Since that time, about four years ago, I have been surviving this way.”

The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Joe Offor, confirmed the arrest, adding that the suspect would be charged to court soon.

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Chai!

E pain me gan....
Dem for allow make boiz beat am small like dem design ogun state armed robbers.


Bar soap is now a way of hustling. Shey?

Vengeance is for the Lord. Jungle justice is sweet!

Hahaha.. see him face like bar soap

Am now happy you are going behind the bar too

Dis baba don outshine computer village boys for ikeja

Dis guy would still give u phone case,stuffed with nylons nd d likes,but dis baba dy give bar soap instead,kai.

See him face like canoe soap

Soap ke chi

if one nairalander wey be this man victim catch this man he go smash ehn balls .....or he use an do marsh mallow

End time people make una wake up

this kind of 419 get A+ grade abi how you take see am lalasticlala.....

Good for him. He will have all the time in the world to sell soap to inmate in prison.

HungerBAD:
The police in Lagos have arrested a 54-year-old man, Michael Bisa, for allegedly selling fake phones to customers in the Oshodi area of the state.

PUNCH Metro learnt that Bisa, who hails from Effurun, Delta State, was arrested by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad on Saturday at about 5pm.

According to the police, Bisa allegedly swindled members of the public by disguising as a mobile phone seller in the area, selling bars of soap to them instead.

Our correspondent gathered that the police recovered bars of soap, shirts, some amount of money and envelopes from the suspect.

Bisa, a father of four, said in his statement that it was poverty that drove him to sell bars of soap as mobile phones.

He said, “What I did to my customers is called exchange. The people who came to me to buy mobile phones would be shown a real phone. But while we were discussing the price, I would carefully hide the phone in a white handkerchief and swap it with a bar of soap which I had already cut to size and put in a phone case.

“As soon as they left the spot, I would change my clothes so that the buyer would not recognise me again.”

Bisa added that a friend, who was now dead, identified as Hakeem Tijani, introduced him to the “job” about four years ago.

He said, “I was a refrigerator technician in Delta State. I came to Lagos to look for greener pastures about 15 years ago. When the situation got so hard for me, I met a friend, Hakeem Tijani, who is now late. He was the one who taught me the job. Since that time, about four years ago, I have been surviving this way.”

The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Joe Offor, confirmed the arrest, adding that the suspect would be charged to court soon.

http://punchng.com/i-sold-bars-of-soap-as-phones-%E2%94%80-suspect/

SEE UR LIFE .WHY U DEY SELL FAKE . HMMMMMMMMM

Old man

Jail straight

People are so heart-less o!


Na to dey shine eye wella when making purchase o

Endtime Phone Seller

Endtime phone sellers

Baddo..

Name and place origin checked and confirmed.

HungerBad these your men ehn...

When hunger strike reasoning appears

Hunger really Bad


did I just mention the op??

Unemployment APC pay d 5k pls

werey old man

Chaiii....diz one bad gan oooo

isokay

Lol
Name checkers
Sorry no food...

Choi

Thief is arresting thief!

God catch am ooooooo

Abeg the soap nah B29?