How I Make More Than N300,000 Monthly By Begging - Drugs Suspect - Crime

Kehinde Olatubosun, 56, from Ibadan, Oyo State, was arrested on
Saturday night along with 18 other drug addicts at a joint in Ipodo,
Ikeja.

PremiumTimes reports that a team of Rapid Response Squad Decoy had on
Monday night traced a stolen phone to the joint, leading to the arrest
of a three-man gang mobile phone thieves, three hard drug peddlers and
13 drug addicts, the police said in a statement on Sunday.
Mr. Olatubosun stated that he made over N10, 000 daily begging at the
Mobolaji Bank Anthony
Roundabout; beside the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital; Toyin
Street; and Opebi.
"All days of the week, I'm always in Mobolaji Bank Anthony Roundabout,
Toyin Street roundabout and Opebi. At times, I collaborate with
beggars. Whatever we make, we share but I get a larger share," said
the suspect.

"What I do is that, I get LASUTH drug prescription papers. I get it
from their waste bin. With this in my hand, I convince motorists,
passengers and passersby that I have a relative who is in dire need of
money to buy drugs and I show them the prescription papers.
"This is what I have been doing since I was deported from Germany in 2004.

Before the deportation, I was working as Electrical Engineer in
Bauhusa, Colon, Germany. I was in Germany for 12 years before I was
deported."
Mr. Olatubosun said his deportation from Germany was after he was
caught in possession of hard drugs.
"I have four children. Two are in Germany with my wife. One is in
Texas, United States and another in Nigeria," he said.
"Unfortunately, all the money I make from this begging goes into
drugs. Day after day, I am always there, seven days a week. I make
more money on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. I make more than
N10,000:00 on weekends.
"As I speak to you, I'm not on drugs but I am experiencing withdrawal
symptoms, that is, the effect of not taking drugs for sometimes."

The suspect said he was at the Ipodo drug joint when the RRS
operatives raided the place and added that it was the first time he
would be arrested.
"I am praying that RRS release me. I promise I won't go back to drug
again. Where I live presently was given to me by my in-law."

Another drug suspect, Dada Ajayi, arrested at the drug joint during
the police raid, said that addiction had destroyed his life.
"I am trying to get over it now; drug has been the cause of my
stagnation in life," said Mr. Ajayi, 48, who said he had been hooked
on drugs for over 17 years.

I frequent that joint because I have nowhere to go. I have lived the
better part of my life consuming drugs. As I talk to you, the remains
of my wife is in Ikeja mortuary. She was taken to Lagos State
University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja. I was asked to bring N150,000 for
surgery but I didn't have N50,000 on me then. She died in the process.

Right now, I have lost my family because of my drug addiction. I don't
know where my children are or how to start my life again. I can't stop
going to that drug joint because it is the only place where I get
consolation. It is the only place I'm at peace with myself.

If anybody want to help us, they should arrest the drug barons or
dealers. Arresting us won't solve drug problem because without the
sellers there won't be the takers.
You arrest the dealers, I mean the merchants, then, you have cut the
supply and thus saved us from getting drugs. Without that, we would
always find our ways there whenever we are released."

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