I Sell Stolen Phones As ‘London Used’- Dealer

Operatives of the fast response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a smartphone dealer, Jamiu Adebayo, for allegedly receiving stolen cell telephones from some suspected armed robbers within the state.


in keeping with the police, the suspect, who specialized in buying stolen phones from armed robbers and ‘one danger’ gangs, usually redesigned the phones as ‘London used’ (fairly-used telephones) which he offered to unsuspecting members of the public.

The 30-yr-old, who lived on Araloya road, Lagos, become reportedly tracked and arrested with an Iphone 7, belonging to at least one Kolade Johnson, a banker working on Lagos Island.


“The banker had on August 23 boarded a ‘one risk’ bus around 5.45am on his way to paintings. The robbers dispossessed him of a pc and two telephones, certainly one of which turned into traced to Adebayo. He was seeking to promote it to a client on Lagos Island when he changed into nabbed.

“also discovered in his bag were six Iphones, four different clever phones and 3 MTN SIM packs, which he said he collected from the robbers,” the RRS stated in a assertion on Sunday.

The suspect, who became stated to be an ex-member of the countrywide Union of road transport people in Ajah, reportedly informed the police that he became formerly promoting clothes earlier than he dabbled into sales of pretty-used telephone.

The suspect allegedly said he frequently sold stolen phones from 3 people, pronouncing he turned into aware they were robbers.

He said, “I began selling fairly-used phones about a yr in the past. while clients patronised my garments store, they mentioned buying pretty-used phones. I started helping them to collect telephones and sell. This became approximately three years ago. Uche, Alubi and Pinheiro have been three foremost guys I accumulated telephones from.

“If I stated I didn’t recognize that the phones were stolen, i might be lying. I knew some of the phones were forcefully accrued from humans. I purchase iPhone 7 with iCloud for N45,000 and promote at N55,000. the ones without iCloud, I purchase for N150,000 and promote at N180,000. I buy Samsung telephones for N22,000 and promote at N27,000. I paintings at the telephones and redecorate them as London-used phones.”

The police stated Uche, Alubi and Pinhero had fled the areas they lived for the reason that arrest of Adebayo.

The Lagos state Police Public family members Officer, ASP Olarinde well-known-Cole, said the case have been transferred to the kingdom criminal research and Intelligence department, Yaba, on the instruction of the country Commissioner of Police, Edgal Imohimi.

He introduced that efforts had been on to arrest the fleeing suspects.