Police Arrested Prophet For Stealing $500 In Lagos

An acclaimed prophet with one of the orthodox churches in Lagos, Moses Edwin, has been arrested by men of Rapid Response Squad, RRS, of the Lagos State Police Command for stealing $500 belonging to a customer while trying to convert $5,000 into Naira.

According to report by an online medium, P.M.NEWS, Edwin, 50, a Bureau de Change operator was arrested beside Airport Hotel, Ikeja along with another member three days after stealing $500 from $5,000 bills presented to them by one Adebayo Lookman for conversion into naira.

Lookman, a member the National Youth Service Corp serving in Lagos, had driven to the Airport Hotel to assist her mother in the exchange of $5,000 to naira.

He then met Edwin, who offered to change the $5,000 in $100 notes at an exchange rate of N387 to a dollar.

Edwin, thereafter, invited another member of his gang, Daniel Ebhohimen who together while confirming if the dollars notes were genuine, removed $500 before handing over $4500 back to unsuspecting Bayo in his car.

According to Bayo, “I was trying to help my mum change the $5,000. I got to Airport Hotel and I met these men. After negotiating, they offered me N387 to a dollar. They took my details on the ground that the transaction was going to be online. Edwin requested that I surrender the $5,000 bills for them to confirm. Reluctantly, I gave them but I was monitoring them and I was counting along with them in my car.”

He went further, “they were mid-way into the counting when another member of the gang distracted me from the driver’s side of my car. Thereafter, they handed back the money to me that it was complete and we headed to one of the banks in Opebi.

“We entered the bank. All along they prevented me from counting the money. At the bank, they told me the rate they gave me was no longer possible and that they were backing out but I offered for a renegotiation.

“I told them to excuse me and I went into the gent to confirm the money. I counted it and $500 was missing. Before I could come out they had run away. The door attendants told me he saw them rushing out of the bank.”

According to him, he went to where he met them but did not see them, saying that it was the third day that he saw Edwin and had to invite the police.

Edwin in his statement to the police, acknowledged the crime.

He stated that he never followed the gang to bank, adding that he only ordered his other gang members to finish up the transaction.

He added that he was given N10,000 when they came back from the bank.

Edwin thereafter assured the police that his gang was ready for amicable settlement by paying back the missing $500.

The two suspects have been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department for further investigations.