(RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command
have arrested a man claiming to be insane in
possession of 22 ATM credit cards, 2 mobile
phones and power bank in Victoria Island area
of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.
The man, Lanrewaju Jaiyeola, 39, was
intercepted by the operatives where he was
sighted in a suspicious manner carrying a
backpack on Ozumba Nbadiwe Road.
According to one of the police officers who
arrested Jaiyeola, “when we sighted him, he
appeared like a mentally sick man but we
invited him for interrogation, he answered and
responded normal to all our enquiries.
“Afterwards, he started straying from the
normal course of our enquiries. This raised
further curiosity and we decided to check out
his backpack. What we found was startling; 22
assorted credit cards, 1 Nokia phone with flat
battery, a blackberry, a power bank, several
bank tellers of recent bank transactions, and
lots of invoices amidst numerous pieces of
papers.
“On further scrutiny, we discovered that eight
of the credit cards were still valid. Out of
these; three would expire in 2018, another
three would expire in 2017 while two would
expire in 2016. All the credit cards bore
different names and banks.”
Upon arrival at the RRS Headquarters in
Alausa, the suspect made “statements
suggestive of somebody disguising as a mad
man to perpetrate crime around that axis.
“Initially, we noticed that he was mentally
balanced because he was answering the
questions posted to him adequately. But all of
a sudden, he started to sound incoherent and
illogical again,” the officer explained.
The police said that there is still more to what
they had discovered from the supposed mad
man.
While interrogating him, he threatened the
investigative police officer, saying “I will make
life unbearable for you if you don’t let me go.
It was at this point we realised that possibly
he might be enjoying the patronage of some
highly placed people whom we believe he
might working for,” the officer added.
It was further learnt that the suspect was on
the watch of the police for about two weeks
before he was arrested on Wednesday.
The suspect has been transferred to Special
Anti-Robbery Squad where he is expected to
be subjected to further investigations and
psychiatric examinations.
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