Police arrest 2-term ex-convict for stealing phone

<p>Operatives of the Police Rapid Response Squad (RRS) in Lagos have re-arrested a 20-year-old ex-convict, Abdul-Lateef Mutiu, for allegedly stealing a phone.</p>, <p>This is contained in a statement on its official X handle @rrslagos767, posted on Thursday.</p>, <p>The statement said the eagle eyed operatives of RRS arrested the suspect on Wednesday in the Ketu area of the state.</p>, <p>“Around 9:30 pm, yesterday, eagle eyed operatives of RRS arrested one Abdul-Lateef Mutiu, 20, an ex-convict after snatching an Infinix Hot 30, valued at N93, 000:00 from an Uber driver in Ketu.</p>, <p>“The suspect, after snatching the phone from the driver, attempted to escape when the officers arrested him,” it stated.</p>, <p>According to RRS, the suspect confessed that he had been operating in the area since 2018 and had been arrested twice before.</p>, <p>The Commander of RRS, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi, has now directed that the phone be handed over to its owner while the suspect is charged to court immediately.</p>