Hunger led us into crime –Suspects

Two suspected burglars , Ifendi Eke and Nwokocha Ndukwe, who were arrested by police operatives attached to the Abiriba Division in Abia State , have pleaded for mercy, claiming that they were pushed into robbery by hunger.
A police source told Southern City News that the suspects , said to be indigenes of Abiriba , were nabbed following a tip-off after some cases of burglary and stealing in the community.
The source added that in the course of police investigation, a middleman , identified as Arua Agbai, who was aiding the suspects in selling their loots , was also arrested.
Items recovered from the suspects included some bags , electronic gadgets and empty cartons of plasma television carted away from the house of one Agbara Ashiegbu , a businessman based in Cameroon .
Confessing to the crime, Ndukwe said it was hunger and the devil that led them into the crimes , while Agbai said he was not aware that the plasma television sold to him by the suspects was stolen .
He said , “I don’ t know anything about these stolen items . It was one of the suspects , now at large, that brought the television to me to buy; it was when I opened the carton that I saw the receipts of the original owner before I sold it to another person. ”
Meanwhile , another suspected burglar , Frank Egure , has also been arrested by police operatives following a distress call from one Azubuike, who reported that his house was under siege by suspected hoodlums.