“I had to force her to abort because I do not want the child to have blood of an armed robber" - Ahmed

The Police at Ketu area of Lagos busted by a member of a three-man armed robbery gang due to allegation that he forced his lover to abort a three-month pregnancy because he did not want her to give birth to an armed robber like him.

Musliyu Ahmed, 23, who was arrested in Ketu, said: “I had to force her to go for an abortion because I do not want her to give birth to a child, who will have the blood of an armed robber. And because she understands the nature of my job, she had to obey.

“I want to get married and start having kids after I quit armed robbery.”

The other two members of the gang, Mutiu Rasheed, 22, and Sadiq Dada, 21 were arrested in Ijebu-Ode and Lagos, respectively.

Vanguard gathered that Lagos State Police Command received a tip-off that one Ahmed Musliyu, a notorious armed robber, had four locally-made guns, which he kept in his house around railway line at Bolade, Oshodi.

 After Ahmed was arrested, the detectives discovered that the four guns were no longer with him as he had allegedly handed the guns over to Mutiu Rasheed who lives at Ketu.

Before police got to Ketu, Mutiu got wind of Ahmed’s arrest and that detectives were on his trail. So he fled to Kara, along Berger Isheri area where he carried out robbery operations with one Sadiq Dada.

It was learned that when the detectives got to Kara, they laid ambush in the neighbourhood for three days. Unfortunately, Mutiu escaped but Dada a member of the gang, was apprehended.

During preliminary interrogation, Dada revealed that Mutiu had fled to Ijebu-Ode with other gang members.

The police moved from Lagos to Ijebu-Ode, where they laid ambush and arrested Mutiu on the second day of the manhunt.

Mutiu reportedly led the officers to Ijebu-Igbo, where they recovered two locally-made guns and six cartridges.

Vanguard learned that the gang had successfully carried out different robbery operations in Lagos and Ijebu-ode.

Some of the vehicles they stole include a Toyota Highlan-der, Camry and Sienna.