A 24-year old Man identified as Chinagorom Emmanuel has confessed that he went into robbery to raise money to give his late mother a proper burial after he was arrested for alleged robbery in Delta state.
Punch reported that Chinagorom confessed after being apprehended by Agbor Gha-Ihun Vigilante Group members in Agbor, Ika South Local Government Area of the state.
Chinagorom who hails from Abia state specializes mainly on stealing mobiles phones in Agbor and other communities in Delta state.
While being interviewed by reporters, Emmanuel said he is an electrical technician who resorted to stealing in order to give his mother, whose body is in the mortuary, a befitting burial 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.
Emmanuel further said hat he retired o stealing phones since nobody could help him out and confessed that he usually sells the phones the stole from his victims to a Northerner to resides in Asaba.
Emmanuel further Pleaded for mercy from he villager while stating that his act of stealing has brought shame upon him.
In response to the arrest, the Chairman of Agbor Gha-Ihun Vigilante, Comrade Monday Kiyem, stated that with their security outfit, it is the end of the road for Emmanuel’s criminality because they do not compromise crime.
“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.
