From Jude Owuamanam, Managing Editor, Northern Operations
The police in Jos have arrested an alleged criminal who is suspected of posing as a commercial sex worker and luring men into lonely places in order to rob them.
Plateau Police Public Relations Officer, Terms Tyopev gave the name of the suspect, Micheal Atsen.
Artsen was said to have been arrested last week in a guest house in Jos, the Plateau state capital
The police public relations officer in Plateau state said the suspect was arrested following a tip-off from members of the public.
According to the police, the suspect was sometime early this year also arrested and paraded in Makurdi, the Benue State capital on a similar offense.
Similarly, the police said the suspect, last year was arrested in Jos, by the special task force on Jos crisis, and “was beaten mercilessly over alleged similar act.”
Tyopev said. “Michael usually dresses like a female, roams around guest houses, soliciting for sex just in order to rob his victims. Through his confession, we gathered that he had robbed so many persons in Jos.”
The police said investigations were ongoing on the matter.