The Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja, has arrested Akeem Abu and Banabas Ebijimi, suspected to be members of a four-man armed robbery gang, during a robbery operation at Gowon Estate, Egbeda area of the state.
The two apprehended suspects 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, Vanguard reports.
Luck ran out on them when a member of the family alerted the police who responded immediately and arrested the duo while two others, Sunday (the leader of the gang) and Maxwell escaped.
Akeem Abu, 24, 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.”
“From each operation, I make 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,” Abu added.
On his part, 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,” Ebijimi added.
Meanwhile, reports say efforts are ongoing to apprehend the two other members of the gang, Sunday and Maxwell, who are currently at large.
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