Two teenage boys burgle Lagos shop, sell laptop for N2,000
Two teenagers have landed in serious trouble for allegedly burgling a shop in Lagos.
The boys, aged 13 and 14, were said to have broken into a shop on Jakande Estate, in the Ejigbo area of Lagos State, and stole a laptop and other items.
They allegedly proceeded to sell the laptop to two other suspects – 27-year-old Adejagun Babatunde and 20-year-old Lawal Wasiu – for N2,000.
Police boss in Lagos, Edgal Imohimi, on Wednesday said the suspects will be charged to court.
He said, “The command’s operatives attached to the Ejigbo Police Division on September 2, 2018, arrested two teenagers (names withheld), aged 13 and 14, who specialised in breaking into people’s shops.
“Luck ran out on them when they burgled a shop at Block 397, Jakande Estate, Ejigbo, and made away with one generator valued at N15,000; one HP laptop, valued at N90,000; one amplifier, valued at N40,000; and one CD mixer, valued at N150,000.
“The police have arrested their adult collaborators, 27-year-old Adejagun Babatunde and 20-year-old Lawal Wasiu. The two adults bought the stolen HP laptop for N2,000 only. The adult suspects will have their day in court, while the child offenders will be handed over to the gender section for appropriate action.”
One of the teenage burglars said he only accompanied his friend to a complex at Ejigbo where they were paid N2,000 for the laptop.
The buyer of the laptop, Babatunde, said he got to know the boys through Wasiu.
He said, “Wasiu came to me that the two children wanted to sell a laptop. They told me that they wanted to sell the laptop because they were hungry, adding that the laptop belonged to their brother, who was no longer a deejay.”
