A wanted robbery suspect, Abiodun Ogunjobi, aka Abbey Godogodo, who was said to have been terrorising the South-West for some time, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command.
According to police authorities, the
suspect led the gang that killed seven people, including the owner of 04
Hotel, Ajah, Lagos, Olanrewaju Subair, on July 7, 2013.
They also killed two other security guards at a popular hotel along Apapa Road, Ebute Meta area of the state on the same day.
The suspect, who was paraded on Thursday, said that he killed many policemen, adding that he had been into robbery for over 10 years and had built houses.
Ogunjobi said, “I started robbery in
1996 but in 1999, I was charged for fighting. I spent about seven years
in prison. My prolonged stay in prison for minor crime of fighting
hardened me and I vowed to pay back the police for that injustice. After
I was released, I went to Katangowa in Iyana-Ipaja area of Lagos to
meet my friend, Odun.
“Odun was an armed robber, so, we
started operating together. We worked with several gangs and I invested
lots of my money in arms buying. I also built five houses in Ifo, Ilaro,
Ikorodu and Ibadan. I usually kill policemen and take their rifles
because policemen have killed several of my boys and taken most of my
rifles from them.
“I have no regrets for all I have
done. I have no advice for young people, who want to become armed
robbers like me. I have three children from three women. The police
should take all my properties.”
It was learnt that the
36-year-old suspect was arrested by men of the Special Anti-Robbery
Squad at his home in the Egbeda area of Ibadan, Oyo State, after he had
been monitored for three weeks.
Policemen attached to SARS, said the
suspect narrowly escaped arrest on July 14, 2013 when he and members of
his gang engaged SARS operatives in a shoot-out along Eko Bridge, Lagos
Island, after they killed two policemen at Ebute-Ero and Ajao Estate
respectively.
According to police authorities, the suspect had been evading arrest because he hardly used the same gang members twice.
A police source said, “He is the most notorious armed robber we have had in the South-West in the past 14 years.
“We arrested him 11am on Thursday at his
mansion at the Olowu area of Egbeda LGA Ibadan Oyo State and recovered
two AK47 rifles and 10 loaded AK47 magazines in his house.
“Godogodo has killed many policemen and
civilians. His most recent activity was at Ajah, where he killed the
owner of 04 Hotel and eight others, including two policemen few weeks
ago. He has also led several bank robberies in Kwara, Ogun, Osun, Ekiti
and Oyo states.”
The Commissioner of Police, Umar Manko,
described the suspect as a notorious criminal, who had been on the radar
of the police for some time.
He said the suspect would be given medical treatment and charged to court.
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