The suspect,
who said he went back to robbery due to poverty, is currently being
interrogated by operatives of Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, at Zone 2 Command
Headquarters, Onikan.
After
spending six years at Ikoyi Maximum Prison, Lagos, a 27-year-old man, Ogaga
Feja, has been re-arrested by police in Lagos for robbing motorist at Mile 2.
He was
arrested alongside Daniel Thomas and Emeka Nkem, while attempting to snatch a
car.
Feja, who is
a native of Delta State, said that poverty drove him into robbery a few weeks
after his released from prison.
He said: “I
was released in May after six years in Ikoyi Prison awaiting trial over a case
of armed robberry.
“I was
granted bail by the court, but the case is still on.”
He said his
journey to prison began in 2009 when anti-robbery policemen, attached to
Ajeromi Police Station, raided a criminal hideout in the neighbourhood.
He said: “I
was arrested with some notorious criminals terrorising Ajegunle at that time
and the police felt I was part of the gang.
“We were
taken to Area ‘B’ Command, Apapa, for interrogation and was later transferred
to the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Panti, Yaba, before being
charged to court.
“When I came
out of prison, there was no job and my family is poor. I needed to get
some-thing doing to help myself.”
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