LAGOS—A suspected drug addict
arrested by the Lagos State Command of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS,
has disclosed that he made over N300,000 monthly from begging in Ikeja.
Kehinde Olatubosun, 56, from Ibadan, Oyo State, was arrested along with 18 other drug addicts at a joint in Ipodo, Ikeja.
A
decoy team of RRS officers, last Friday, traced a stolen phone to the
joint, leading to the arrest of 17 suspects: a mobile phone thief, three
drug peddlers and 13 drug addicts.
Olatubosun said he made over N10,000 daily begging at Mobolaji Bank
Anthony Roundabout, beside Lagos State University Teaching Hospital,
Toyin Street and Opebi, all in Ikeja.
He said: “Every day, I make over N10,000 doing corporate begging. All
days of the week, I am always in Mobolaji Bank Anthony Roundabout,
Toyin Street Roundabout and Opebi.
“At times, I collaborate with other beggars. Whatever we make, we share. But I get a larger share.
“What I do is that I get LASUTH drug prescription papers from their
waste bin. With this in my hand, I convince motorists, passengers and
passers-by that I have a relative who is in need of money to buy drugs
and I show them the prescription papers.