Chinagorom Emmanuel, a 24-year-old robbery suspect arrested in Delta state, has confessed that he committed the robbery to raise money to properly bury his late mother.
According to Punch, the suspect confessed after being arrested by members of the Agbor Gha-Ihun Vigilante Group in Agbor, Ika South Local Government Area of the state.
Emmanuel, who is from Abia State, is said to have specialized in stealing phones and other valuables from Agbor and other communities in Delta State.
Speaking to reporters, the suspect said he is an electrical engineer who resorted to theft to provide a proper burial for his mother, whose body is in the morgue, as the first son.
“I enter people’s shops pretending to buy an item. But I aim to steal valuable items like phones. This is my first time in Agbor, and I met my Waterloo in one of my victim’s shops,” he said.
He further revealed that he decided to start stealing because he had no one to help him. According to him, he sells the stolen phones to a northerner based in Asaba.
He then begged for clemency, saying that his criminal activities had brought him shame and disgrace.
In response to the arrest, the Chairman of Agbor Gha-Ihun Vigilante, Comrade Monday Kiyem, said that with their security team, it is the end of the road for Emmanuel’s crime because they do not compromise crime.
He added that criminals who are arrested will be made to face the wrath of the law for causing people pain.
“Emmanuel is in the business of stealing phones. We have found many sim cards and phones in his possession and many of his victims we succeeded in calling complained that their phones were stolen,” Kiyem stated.
“Some of their Agbor victims have come to our office to identify their phones and narrated how Emmanuel came to their shops pretending to buy an item and stole their phones. I will hand Emmanuel over to the police for further investigation and bring his fleeing gang members to book”, he added.
