A member of an armed robbery gang who gave his
name as Afeez said he used the proceeds he got from
armed robbery to send his daughter to school. Afeez
and his partner Wasiu were apprehended recently by
operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS,
Ikeja, Lagos at a checkpoint in Mushin while on
their way to an operation.
According to the police, the young men boarded a
taxi at Oshodi around 11pm and were heading to
Mushin when they came across a police checkpoint.
Seeing the police checkpoint ahead, they became
jittery, commanding the cab man to stop them and
even tried forcing the door open. The taxi driver
suspecting that they were criminals drove quickly to
the police checkpoint where he immediately
intimated the police officers of his suspicions. A
local made gun was discovered on them. Continue...
Confessing to armed robbery, Lekan who says he is
married with a daughter said he took to armed
robbery a year ago
"Iam from Osun state, I am married, I have a
daughter, I joined the gang 12 months ago, I have
participated in five robbery operations within Lagos
and Ogun states. I have not made much from the
robbery operation. Sometimes, I make N20, 000,
N15, 000 or N30, 000. I also make money from
selling phones, gold and valuables we steal during
operations. I was selling Indian hemp at Ojuelegba
before the Aiye cult boys forced me to join them, that
was how I started robbery with the gang. I was a
cobbler when I lost my mother, I could not continue
because there was nobody to support me. I have
worked as a bus conductor for more than nine years;
I sold Indian hemp for three years before I joined the
gang last year when Legba introduced me to the
gang. We only use the guns to scare people during
operations. I have never killed anyone and I have
never raped anyone. That night, Legba called me on
phone to come to Oshodi. When I got there, he gave
me a gun to take to his wife at Mushin but on our
way, police arrested us. I knew him when I was
selling Indian hemp but I didn't know that he was an
armed robber. I am the one who introduced Wasiu
into the armed robbery gang. We live in the same
area in Iyana- Itire area of Lagos state. I have a four-
year- old daughter, I use proceeds from the robbery
operations to train my daughter in school. I regret
joining the group." he said
The other member of the gang, Wasiu said he took
to armed robbery his year
"I joined the gang this year and I have also
participated in five robbery operations in Lagos state.
We are nine in the group. I was introduced into the
gang by Afeez. I was at Mushin when he asked me to
accompany him to Osohdi when the gang leader
called him. When we got there, he told us to take a
gun to his wife which was what we were doing when
we were arrested. I have not made anything from the
operations. If I ever get out of this, I will never rob
again. I am a trained mechanic but I don't like the
work, that is why I joined the gang to make a living."
Wasiu said
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