Soldier Arrested For Allegedly Stealing Phones In
Lagos.
The
police in Lagos have arrested a soldier, Lance Corporal Shedrack Christopher
for allegedly stealing two mobile phones at a hotel in Ijanikin,
Christopher
was arrested on March 19, around 6am at Express View Hotel following complaints
from the management of the facility on the alleged theft.
Parading
the suspect Wednesday, Police Commissioner Zubairu Muazu said he stole two
mobile phones worth N86,000 from the bar and hotel, adding that the phones, an
axe, a cutlass and knife were recovered from the suspect.
“We
also recovered Nigerian Army Warrant Card, a Honda accord car with registration
number Lagos SMK846 and army uniform. He confessed to have deserted from the
Nigerian Army in 2017 at Maiduguri that he participated in killings at Igando
Lagos and Edo State in 2017 after deserting the army. We have written the
military to verify his claims and are awaiting response on.”
But
Christopher denied he was a dismissed soldier, refuting police claim that he
confessed to being a cultist.
The
suspect also denied stealing the phones, insisting that he only took them from
the bar where he saw them for safekeeping.
“I
did not steal the phones. I went to the hotel to meet my friend who lodged
there. I got into the hotel around 11pm and as I was walking in, I saw two
phones at the bar. There was no one there and so, I took the phones and kept
them in case the owners looked for them.
“I
did not steal the phones. My plan was to return them once anyone started
looking for them. I am still a soldier. I have not been dismissed and I am not
a cultist. I never admitted to killing anyone.
“The
dagger was what I used in Maiduguri. I collected the cutlass from a group of
boys who were fighting and put it inside my car. I collected the axe from
hoodlums under the Mile Two Bridge.
“The
police people at Ijanikin Division tortured me. They said they’ll use the knife
to cut my ear. They beat me but still I did not admit to any of those things
they are claiming.”
The
suspect whose Driver’s license had another name from his army identity card,
said he changed his name to Shedrack John when he joined the military.
He
said he stayed back in Lagos and was engaged in frozen turkey smuggling from
Benin Republic into Lagos in order to feed his family.
THE NATION
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