The Ekiti Police Command has apprehended an individual suspected of stealing phones at worship centers in Ayegbaju-Ekiti and Oye-Ekiti towns.

According to Commissioner Akinwale Adeniran, the suspect was apprehended on Saturday after allegedly stealing seven phones from worshippers at Christ Apostolic Church in Ayegbaju-Ekiti.

Adeniran, as stated by the command’s spokesperson, Sunday Abutu, revealed that the suspect posed as a member of the congregation, carefully observing worshippers before taking advantage of a moment of praise to pilfer the phones.

“The suspect, during interrogation, confessed to have been operating around Oye-Ekiti and Ayegbaju-Ekiti, with churches as his target.

“He further confessed to have stolen a lot of phones from the Redeemed Christian Church of God and New Reality Christian Centre, all in Oye-Ekiti,” he said.

The police commissioner said that investigation revealed that the suspect, after meeting his target, normally sent the stolen phones through motor parks to Lagos where his friend would assist him to sell them and send the proceeds back to him through online transfer.

He, however, said that the seven phones he stole during his last operation at CAC, Ayegbaju-Ekiti, had been recovered from him.

Mr Adeniran further stated that some of the victims of the suspect’s atrocities had shown up at the police station and had identified him and their stolen phones.

He said that the suspect would be arraigned in court immediately after the conclusion of investigation.