Police officials in Akwa Ibom State have arrested two women alleged to be notorious robbers who specialize in entering shops, boutiques, restaurants, under the guise that they are customers and then end up robbing them.
According to reports, the suspects, Grace Ekpo and Mfon Daniel from Itiam Ikot Ebia, Uyo LGA, were arrested on Thursday, September 10, 2015 after they stole from a boutique and were trying to escape in a tricycle popularly known as Keke.
Luck however, ran out on them following the alarm raised by the owner of the shop which made people go after the alleged thieves and eventually caught them.
Narrating the incident, the boutique owner said: “The two girls enter my shop on a pretence to buy from me but after picking all the costly female hand bags, shoes, men gens, hand watches and cloths worth forty-five thousand naira; instead of them to pay for what they have bought, they sent me to go and buy them drinks.
“So, I went to buy drinks for them at the nearby shop. As I returned, I met them making calls, and immediately their operational Keke man who was on a standby to pick them came and the went inside the Keke with all my cloths without paying. So, I tell them to give me my cloths, they refused. So, I started shouting, help! Thief! Thief! But the Keke man had already moved. As God would like it, luck ran out on them, the people around and people using car pursued them and caught them.”
The women who allegedly admitted committing the crime said: “When we entered people shop, anything you sell we will pack the most costly ones; after which we will asked you to get us water or send you on an errand, that will make us run away with the goods without paying for it. We rob women in Keke, we pick recharge card bags and anything that would fetch us quick money.”
They also confessed to stealing clothes from other boutiques on the street and terrorizing pedestrians and residents of Uyo.
They were arrested and are currently detained at the Barracks Road Police Division, Akwa Ibom State.
In the meantime, there is yet an official confirmation of the matter by the force spokesperson in the state.
