One of the two suspects arrested by the operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of Lagos State Police Command has disclosed that he and other teenagers in Oshodi survive by stealing and dispossessing passers-by of their phones and other valuables.

The suspect, Yusuph Ahmed, 19, from Offa, Kwara State, said this to interrogators at the RRS headquarters in Alausa, Ikeja, on Friday afternoon.

Ahmed, who was arrested in Oshodi on Friday after dispossessing a passenger of his phone, stated that he along with other teenagers sleep in Oshodi under bridge and that it is from there they eke out a living by stealing phones and robbing passers-by of their valuables.

The arrested suspect, who had been sleeping under Oshodi Bridge since he was 13, stressed that even though he does not follow those who rob amongst them out all the time, he knows all of them.

He narrated that “I sleep in Oshodi Under Bridge. We are over 60 teenagers sleeping there. The adults sleep in Ori – Pako. I was 13 years old when I started sleeping there. I keep my clothes there…. I sleep around 8:00 p.m. or 9:00 p.m. There are some of us who do not sleep at all. They are the ones that alert us whenever the police is around. There are equally some who do not sleep because they go from one place to the other in Oshodi to rob. They rob late at night and very early in the morning."

He continued: "After the death of my mother, my father abandoned us. He stopped taking care of us leaving us to fend for ourselves. Even the school, he stopped paying the monthly N600. I had to resort to packing granite to pay the monthly N600 for school fee."

"At a point, I couldn’t cope with the fee. I was just 12. I dropped out and I decided to run to Lagos. Since then, Oshodi Under Bridge has been my home. Any phone I stole, I sell to Mohammed or Kudus. They are beggars in Oshodi. They buy most of the stolen phones from us,” the teenager added.

However, the stolen phone, a Tecno Y6, was recovered from Ahmed’s brother.

The second suspect, Yusuph Agbaje, 25, from Oyo State, was arrested in Agege for stealing a Blackberry curve from a commuter.

Responding to the development, the State Police Public Relations Officer, Superintendent of Police, Dolapo Badmos, said that the Police would leave no stone unturned in getting rid of criminal elements within the state, urging parents to monitor the activities of their wards.

The suspects have been transferred to the Lagos State Task force on Environment for prosecution.

Source; http://www.nationalhelm.net/2016/11/we-survive-by-stealing-phones-and.html

good for them

E don be for una

Olamode boy's (street)

You broke up with a guy from your hood then date another one from your hood & you say you've moved on! No my sister you're just moving around. Good evening all

economic recession @ work

Had it been these mobile phone thieves have money to settle the police they would have set them free.
The case of these teenagers are not different from the guyz who hawk and swap an original mobile phone to an empty phone case stuff with fufu and the guyz who swindle mobile phone buyers daily at ipodo street,computer village Ikeja.There is a mobile police station at ipodo street but these guyz are still carrying out their criminal activities there.

Injustice in d NPF. These guys are petty thieves,we want to see d pix of those that looted our money and the pple that steal millions of naira. This is injustice.

NA U SABI

To those supporting these crooks, I guess you have not got reasons to lose your valuables to people of questionable characters. (Sometimes when I ponder on how much I have lost to these criminals, tears dey nearly commot my eyes) I pray you don't experience it, then you will know how painful it is to lose gadgets and property that you bought with your hard earn money..

There is nothing like 'petty thieves'. The ones you address as petty thieves today would do worse than Anini when they have the opportunity.
Don't forget you grow in everything you do continuously, and practice makes perfect....

That's no excuse..
Ole ni ole n je

Kylekent59:
Injustice in d NPF. These guys are petty thieves,we want to see d pix of those that looted our money and the pple that steal millions of naira. This is injustice.

So you think these ones will not do worse when they have the opportunity that the so called 'big looters' have??
What is bad is bad....

Crime does not pay...

ChangeIsCostant:
One of the two suspects arrested by the operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of Lagos State Police Command has disclosed that he and other teenagers in Oshodi survive by stealing and dispossessing passers-by of their phones and other valuables.

The suspect, Yusuph Ahmed, 19, from Offa, Kwara State, said this to interrogators at the RRS headquarters in Alausa, Ikeja, on Friday afternoon.

Ahmed, who was arrested in Oshodi on Friday after dispossessing a passenger of his phone, stated that he along with other teenagers sleep in Oshodi under bridge and that it is from there they eke out a living by stealing phones and robbing passers-by of their valuables.

The arrested suspect, who had been sleeping under Oshodi Bridge since he was 13, stressed that even though he does not follow those who rob amongst them out all the time, he knows all of them.

He narrated that “I sleep in Oshodi Under Bridge. We are over 60 teenagers sleeping there. The adults sleep in Ori – Pako. I was 13 years old when I started sleeping there. I keep my clothes there…. I sleep around 8:00 p.m. or 9:00 p.m. There are some of us who do not sleep at all. They are the ones that alert us whenever the police is around. There are equally some who do not sleep because they go from one place to the other in Oshodi to rob. They rob late at night and very early in the morning."

He continued: "After the death of my mother, my father abandoned us. He stopped taking care of us leaving us to fend for ourselves. Even the school, he stopped paying the monthly N600. I had to resort to packing granite to pay the monthly N600 for school fee."

"At a point, I couldn’t cope with the fee. I was just 12. I dropped out and I decided to run to Lagos. Since then, Oshodi Under Bridge has been my home. Any phone I stole, I sell to Mohammed or Kudus. They are beggars in Oshodi. They buy most of the stolen phones from us,” the teenager added.

However, the stolen phone, a Tecno Y6, was recovered from Ahmed’s brother.

The second suspect, Yusuph Agbaje, 25, from Oyo State, was arrested in Agege for stealing a Blackberry curve from a commuter.

Responding to the development, the State Police Public Relations Officer, Superintendent of Police, Dolapo Badmos, said that the Police would leave no stone unturned in getting rid of criminal elements within the state, urging parents to monitor the activities of their wards.

The suspects have been transferred to the Lagos State Task force on Environment for prosecution.

Source; http://www.nationalhelm.net/2016/11/we-survive-by-stealing-phones-and.html

Make dem reduce their punishment abeg. Make dem chain dem make dem dey work for farm. or infact find or give them a better life.

Na wa oo
All this small small boys
BTW some parents are the cause, if you know you are not ready for the responsibility of raising Godly child, then don't fvck so as not to give birth to miscreants.

they have turned the train station as their smoking joint. good for them

Madrid fan

there is no excuse for crime....

That jersey.....

Nairaland una don learn tribalism,why una dey censor their face but if Na Igbo man wey commit this crime una no go censor am

These kids need to be taken off the streets and rehabilitated. A kid that has never been shown love will not know how to show it. The robbery is a way of lashing out to the failed social care system called Nigeria.

Those folks are something else, am about boarding a bus going to obalende heading to island, those folks call there self conductors, before I will know the dude almost steal/pick up my phone in my pocket but my tight a bit skinny jeans held phone down to the extend I know something is moving in my pocket I get to see this young innocent face arm robber about taking my phone, I would have Lost a lot of information.. Thanks to almighty God..

Kylekent59:
Injustice in d NPF. These guys are petty thieves,we want to see d pix of those that looted our money and the pple that steal millions of naira. This is injustice.

Did you say injustice? Assuming you've been rob off your phone or molested the way boys are doing, you won't say it's injustice

See them...God punish una

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dayleke:
That's no excuse..
Ole ni ole n je

You are all saying dis cos u have perents to tutor, monitor and show u what is right or wrong.

Its so pathetic and very hard to survive on d streetz at a very tender age of 13

Not lyk if dem see skl dem no go go abi if dey see pple guide dem dem no go hear word

Only 1 rule is on d street survive as long as u no kill anybody

For ur information most street kids are very inteligent and smart just no one to channel those virtue to d right place. If u doubt go pick pocket and see if its easy

Pple wey dem suppose carry go rehabilitation centre dem dey carry dem go prison think if dem come back dem go change..If I hear.......political thieve dem dey grant dem bail

Shango fire everybody wey dey promote injustice on d less priviledge


Mtcchhheeeww blind nigerians

Having checked and cross checked the names properly,we
came to a conclusion,that the ofe aziza nd crimes like dis are synonymous...

Pls note that all exisiting characters involved in this crime, are of the ofe_ose extract.


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One of these idiots stole my 6week old infinix alpha on the 16th of march,2015..I'll never forget that day...was just walking aimlessly bout Oshodi,even went to meet a policeman only for him to assure me that my phone was indeed gone...
Send them straight to sambisa!!!

Can't find NCAN peeps here, have they gone on strike?

1Dray:
Can't find NCAN peeps here, have they gone for strike?

It's like you were reading my mind


By the way, I heard they are paying well. Pls who knows how much their monthly take home package looks like?