Rapid Response Squad (RRS) operatives have arrested a man who specialises in stealing the laptops and properties of conference and seminar participants in Lagos.
Ikemefuna Aje, 47, was arrested last Wednesday by the operatives after he gate-crashed into a seminar organised for Internet brand managers at a hotel in GRA, Ikeja. He made away with five MacBooks, one HP computer and some personal effects of the workshop participants.
Ikemufuna, who was captured on the CCTV camera at the venue of the event, drove in and headed straight into the seminar room when the participants went for launch.
The suspect, who was corporately dressed, wore a participant’s tag before making away with the items.
He allegedly took the stolen items to the Computer Village, Ikeja and sold five Mac Books and HP computer to Saliu Ibraheem for N1,110,000.
RRS operatives traced him to 5, Tony Street, Ejigbo, Lagos where he was hosting his church members in a house fellowship.
Recovered from his house were the 4Runner Toyota, marked KRD 701 DC, which he drove into the seminar venue, a master key, Zinox laptop, several computer bags, computer and tablet accessories, seminar materials and N700,000 cash.
A representative of the seminar organisers, who did not want her name in print, said: “We were shocked to see participants bringing up issues of missing laptops and computer accessories after returning from lunch.
“The seminar was not advertised online neither in any national newspapers. How did this suspect get to know of the event and managed to come at the exact time participants about a hundred participants were having lunch.”
According to RRS, Ikemefuna has scouts, who furnish him with information on conferences and seminars.
The suspect was quoted to have said that the seminar was one of the many he invaded and made away with participants’ valuables.
The suspect, initially denied the crime, but confessed when he saw the CCTV footages. He then allegedly led the operatives to Computer Village to arrest the buyer.
RRS quoted Ibrahim as saying: “I have known Ikemefuna for more than seven years. He brought five Mac Books and one HP to my shop that he bought them in South Africa. I bought them for N1, 110,000 and I resold it immediately for N1, 250,000. The money was transferred into my account immediately.”
The operatives said it had recovered all the stolen laptops.
Police spokesperson Olarinde Famous Cole, an Assistant Superintendent (ASP) said the suspect has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigations Department (SCID) at Panti, Yaba, Lagos Mainland.
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