Four suspected robbers operating on motorcycle, have been arrested by
the police at 14, Oshilemo Street, Afromedia, Okokomaiko, Lagos/Badagry
expressway, while allegedly robbing residents of the area recently.
Items recovered from them include a Bajaj motorcycle, two AK47 rifles
with 20 rounds of ammunition, two magazines and a big pair of pliers.
Police
sources said a distress call was made to the police at Okokomaiko
Division and they responded swiftly and moved to the scene and arrested
the four suspects.
The suspects are Emmanuel, Chukwu a.k.a.
Indomie For Girls, Friday Ifidon a.k.a. Ekpo, Chidera Ekwueme a.k.a
Stainless and Ebuka Esuku, alias Thunder.
After the initial
investigation at Okokomaiko Police Station, the four suspects were
transferred to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, Ikeja office for
further interrogation.
According to a source at SARS, the four
suspects have made useful statements to their interrogators. They
revealed their hideout and area of operation.
The source said the gang confessed that it operates along Agbara, Iyana Ishasi, old Ojo road axis.
Emmanuel
Chukwu, 19, said he was an okada rider who came to Lagos from Delta
State but he was introduced into robbery by the gang leader, Israel
Inyang.
Chukwu claimed that one day, Inyang, who is now at large,
made use of his okada and about two hours later, he paid him N2,000 and
that was how he was lured into robbery.
In his statement, Chidera
Ekwueme said he and other suspects are okada riders in Ajegunle. He
claimed Ebuka introduced him into bag snatching and he later graduated
into car snatching.
Friday Ifidon denied any involvement in robbery.
He
said Emmanuel informed the police he used to carry him on bike during
operations, adding that when he learnt police have arrested his mother
when they were looking for him, his brother advised him to come out of
hiding since he had nothing to hide.
Similarly, Ebuka Esuku said
he is a bag snatcher. But he got involved in robbery when the gang
leader, Inyang was arrested while on a robbery operation with his okada,
adding, “I told the DPO I was into bag snatching and not robbery.”-PMNEWS
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