Nigeria, Aug. 20 -- The police in Delta State have arrested an ex-convict for an alleged fresh motorcycle theft seven days after serving a two-year sentence for stealing a motorcycle.

In a video sent to PREMIUM TIMES on Tuesday, the police spokesperson in the state, Bright Edafe, said the suspect went back to commit the same offence six days after he finished serving his two-year jail term at Ogwashi-Ukwu Correctional Centre in the state.

Mr Edafe, a superintendent of police, said the ex-convict was one of the five suspects arrested by the Eagle Net Special Squad of the command.

"One of them happened to be an ex-convict. The story is pathetic because he just came back from prison for a similar offence. He is an expert in stealing bikes...