Advanced Robbery: Robber Steals Students’ Phones, Demands Bitcoin Ransom

Cursory: Students from the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, are urging the state police to apprehend a robber known as Saint Stealer. The suspect allegedly targets students with iPhones, stealing their phones and demanding ransom in Bitcoin for their return.Some students claimed the suspect was briefly apprehended but later released and the police have not provided a response or update on the situation.

Students from the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, are urging the state police command to locate an unidentified robber referred to as Saint Stealer.

This individual is accused of unlawfully entering their off-campus hostel and stealing their phones and other valuable possessions.

The students, expressing their discontent, revealed that the suspect specifically targeted students who owned iPhones. After taking the phones, the suspect would then demand a ransom in order to return them to their rightful owners.

It was reported that the suspect preferred to receive payments in Bitcoin for the stolen devices. A victim named Akinbode Akinlabi disclosed that the ransom amount was determined by the value of the iPhone.

The students stated that the suspect had robbed students residing in various off-campus locations, leaving no area unaffected.

He said, “Despite not being the only one sleeping in my room, he (suspect) stole over three phones in our hostel. The suspect stole the phone of a girl whose room was opposite mine. He stole my phone by tearing the net of my window and removed the phone from where I was charging it.

“He then dropped a paper by my window that I should message him on telegram. He has been doing this for over two years and because we stay off-campus, there is nothing the school authority could do about it. He has robbed several students. The least he collects as ransom is $100.

“We are the ones who will contact him through his telegram account. And you know telegram is end-to-end encrypted. You cannot trace the person. I had to borrow from my family and friends to pay him the ransom. In his telegram account, he already pastes the prices there. The kind of phone you use determines how much you will pay. He only targets iPhone gadgets. I paid $200 to get my phone back.”

Narrating her ordeal in the hands of the suspect, an undergraduate studying animal nutrition at the institution, Ada Chi, said, “I woke up and could not find my phone. My window was badly torn. I had to call my number and he picked it up and said I should message him on his telegram account through a link. I paid $150 to get my phone back.”

When asked if the incident was reported to the police, a victim named Munira confirmed that the police were informed about the case.

She further explained that a group of students apprehended the suspect on April 19 and handed him over to the Harmony Police Station, which is located near the school gate.

However, it was later discovered that the individual had been released by the police..

She said, “A group of students caught him on April 19 and took him to the Harmony Police Station. The station is very close to the school gate. It was later that we heard the guy had been released by the police.”

Upon reaching out to SP Omolola Oduniyi, the State Police Public Relations Officer, for information about the case, she mentioned that she would investigate the matter once she arrived at the office. However, up until the time of this report, no response had been received from her regarding the message sent regarding the incident.

Source: Punch

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