Two suspected members of a
four-man armed robbery gang have been arrested by officers of the Lagos State
Police Command, Ikeja, during a robbery operation at Gowon Estate, Egbeda area
of the state.
The two suspected armed
robbers identified as Akeem Abu and Banabas Ebijimi were arrested while
attempting to cut the burglary proof of a house in the Estate when the security
alarm system installed in the building was triggered off.
A member of the family, it
was reported, quickly alerted the police who responded immediately and arrested
the duo while two others, Sunday (the leader of the gang) and Maxwell escaped.
The officers of the Lagos
State Police Command, Ikeja, at Gowon Estate, Egbeda area of the state arrested
the some of the robbers.
One of the arrested
suspects, 24-year-old Akeem Abu, who claimed to be a butcher at Odunerun at
Alaba Rago, said he went into robbery because he needed money to repay the loan
he took to buy a motorbike.
He said: “I needed money to
pay for the bike installmentally. I had to go with them for the operation. That
was the third operation I was getting involved in. I made over N70,000 from the three
operations.”
He added that from each
operation that he made about N35,000, “It was at Gowon Estate that we carried
out the robbery operation. Sunday is the leader of the gang. Now that I have
been arrested, I feel very bad.”
Banabas Ebijimi, who
claimed he got to know members of the gang through his elder brother, said he
was caught by the Police because he was not familiar with the Estate.
His words: “Others were
able to escape because they are familiar with the area. I was caught because I
don’t live around the area.
“I was a trailer driver
before I went into robbery, when the truck was collected from me.
“I am not married but I
have a child. My child is with my mother. I am the fourth child. I finished my
secondary education at Community Secondary School, Akorede in Ondo State. My
mother lives at Ajegunle while my father lives in Ondo State.
Exactly where they belong
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