23-year-old Sadiq Adetumobi is currently cooling his heels at the State Criminal Investigations Department, SCID, over the recovery of stolen fabrics worth millions of Naira in his possession.
DailyPost gathered that robbers broke into some shops at Idumota market on Monday, carted away assorted fabrics.
Two days later, some of the stolen lace materials were reportedly recovered from Sadiq, leading to his subsequent arrest.
However, Sadiq claimed he was innocent.
According to him, “ At about 3am on Monday, I saw three persons walking around my area with bundles of clothes. I accosted them and told them that, they can not pass through our domain without giving me a share of what they had. So, one of them gave me two bundles of the lace materials.
” The next day, I took the materials to the market to sell, only to be arrested. I did not know that the person I took the clothes to was the owner of the stolen goods. When I got there, I met a woman who showed interest. I told her it was N25,000 at first but she said she would pay N5000. Without much ado, I told her to bring the money and he asked me to wait for his apprentice to get her money”
Unknown to him, while he was waiting, the owner had contacted the police. As he stretched out his hand to collect the money from the shop owner on her arrival, the policemen got him arrested..
Asked what he was doing outside at an ungodly hour, he replied, “ we usually stay on top of the bridge to collect toll from container drivers who take that same route at night. That was where I was with other boys when I sighted them with the bundle of clothes”
His claim of being innocent of the crime will however be determined by the court when he is charged.
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