Three armed robbery suspects-Uche Okeagbu, Emmanuel Ezeani
and Chinonso Nwuangwu-have been arrested by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad,
Lagos, in connection with the September 9, 2012 robberies in the state, which
left three policemen and a civilian dead.
The suspects were arrested at their
Ajangbadi hideout on September 23 following a tip-off.
The suspects were said to members of
a much larger group, which had about three weeks ago, carried out simultaneous
robberies in Gbagada, Agege, Anthony, Ojodu, Itire, Ikeja and Ilasamaja areas
of the state.
It was learnt that after 23-year-old
Okeagbu was arrested, his confession led to the recovery of a large cache
of ammunition, one rocket propel grenade launcher, 225 AK 47 magazines
fully-loaded, over 10,000 rounds of AK 47 live ammunition, two general purpose
machine guns, 260 rounds of GPMG live ammunition, five dynamite with detonator
and nine AK 47 rifles.
A self employed oil dealer before his
foray into armed robbery, Okeagbu told PUNCH METRO that he was once based in
Port Harcourt.
He said, “I was an oil dealer in Port
Harcourt before a friend introduced me to this gang. I have been with them for
a while and during the time, I went with them for four operations in Ibadan
where I got N500,000 as my share. Another was in Uyo where I got N800, 000. I
also got N800, 000 for the First Bank robbery at Share, Kwara State and
N100,000 for the Lagos robbery. All these took place this year.
“In all these operations, the targets
were banks which we robbed successfully. I never went with the group into the
banks. I always stayed back with the driver in the car because I was scared but
I didn’t go with the gang when they raided Lagos three weeks ago.”
A SARS team led by, Mr. Abba Kyari,
found the gang’s armoury in two Volkswagen buses with registration numbers LSD
467 AR and AGL 506 XB, parked at Okeagbu’s residence at Ajangbadi.
Also, Nwuangwu said he took part in
four robbery operations at Diamond Bank, Akure, in Ondo State, UBA, Osogbo in
Osun State, GTB Okene, in Kogi State and Skyebank, Auchi, in Edo State.
The 23year-old said, “I was merely
the driver of the vehicles. I just drove them to whereever they had an
operation. I used to be an oil dealer in Port Harcourt before I joined the gang
but I have stopped going with them for operations for a while now.”
The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Umar
Manko, said the suspects were members of the gang that terrorised Lagos about
three weeks ago.
Manko said, “After the Lagos
operation, the group proceeded to Ilorin where they robbed a bank and attacked
a police station. We are still on the trail of the remaining members of the
gang.
“Apart from the arms and ammunition
recovered, we also seized a Toyota Camry belonging to the gang. The car was
fitted with sensors and camera. That way, the robbers could monitor whatever
was going on behind them.
“I would also like to say that since
the September 9 robbery operations that the command has not recorded any other
robbery incident. There have been robbery attempts in several parts of the
state but these have been quelled by the police.
“I encourage the public to continue
to come forward with useful information of any suspicious activity around them
because that was how we got information on these suspects.”
Source: Punch
You will all rot in jail and finally at the pit of hell. You will all not die well. Sons of the devil
ReplyDeleteOle, Barawo, Oshi. Una end don come? Everyday for the tif one day for the owner. Dem must catch all of una one one.
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