on the warehouse of a popular company in
Victoria Island, Lagos, carting away goods
worth over N1 million met their waterloo
recently, after detectives from the Federal Anti-
Robbery Squad, Adeniji-Adele, rounded them
up.
The 4-man gang reportedly invaded the
warehouse belonging to Ekulo Group of
Companies at their base— plot 1393, Tiamiyo
Street, Victoria Island, carting away various
brands of alcoholic beverages (Sparkling
Wine) after overpowering the companies
security guards.
Police sources said they held the guards
hostage with their eyes blindfolded, hands tied
behind with synthetic ropes after beating them
up mercilessly and dispossessing them of their
mobile phones.
One of the security guards attacked by the
hoodlums told Crime Guard that while he was
on duty on the fateful night, a gang of robbers
numbering seven, scaled the company's
perimeter fence and held them hostage.
According to him, at gun point, we were
immediately dispossessed of Nokia Asha 201
phone valued at N13,000, another Nokia
phone valued at N7000, one HTC phone
valued at N18,000 and the sum of N2,000. We
were tied with synthetic rope on both legs and
shoulder and led to a toilet at the rear and
locked up with our heads covered with empty
cartons. 'The hoodlums evidently broke into
the warehouse and carted away several cartons
of wine beverages. We did not know any of the
robbers but we told policemen that we can
identify them if seen.'
Another witness, Hassan Shuaibu, also gave
detectives a shocking version of his account of
the incident. He said that he received a
deceptive telephone call from Dayo, a former
employee of the company who later turned out
to be the leader of the gang and the
mastermind of the attack, saying he had a gift
for him; that when they met at the company
gate, Dayo gave him wine which he refused to
drink, suspecting it was a Greek-gift. He
cautioned the men on guard at the gate to be
vigilant as he suspected Dayo's visit to be for a
purpose. 'I was therefore, not surprised on
discovery.n his confessional statement, the
leader of the gang, Dayo, an iron bender who
hails from Ilaro town, Ifo in Ogun State, told
Crime Guard that they were not armed with gun
during the operation.
He, however, confessed that they used steel
irons, knife and ropes to attack and subdue the
security guards on duty. He also admitted that
he short-changed his accomplices by telling
them that the loots were sold for N40, 000 and
ended up having a chunk of the proceeds. He
further stated that he used money realised from
the operation to buy a motorcycle for N10,000,
a generating set for N80,000, and used
N470,000 to stock his provision store at
Meiran, Lagos
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