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| Photo credit: Punch |
Once its the last months of the year, one needs to be very careful because you never can tell what evil lurks around in corners, armed robbers now trail you from outings, especially clubs.
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested an armed robbery
gang which specialises in snatching vehicles.
The suspects, Obinna Eyinma, Bernard Bongy [ the gang leader], Moses Ogbu,
Kichito Nwachukwu, Ifeanyi Okafor, Chukwuma Akubueze, David Joshua and Emeka
Uche; said that their strategy was to lurk around exotic clubs on
the island, targeting the vehicles of unsuspecting fun lovers. The leader said:
“He was a car dealer and he advised me to convince my fellow
drivers to bring stolen vehicles to him and he would buy them. I took a jeep to
him and he gave me N100,000.
“Later, I organised my friends to go on car-snatching
operations. We had a ready market for such cars in Cotonou. We would lurk
around clubs on the Island, watch the drunken fun seekers returning in their
vehicles, and swoop on them.”
The Commissioner of Police, Cornelius Aderanti, said efforts
were on to arrest fleeing members of the gang, adding that residents of Lagos
should be vigilant and always avail the police of credible information.
He said, “The Special Anti-Robbery Squad team led by SP Abba
Kyari, on my directive, apprehended the suspects in their criminal hideouts in
Obalende and Kuramo Beach. The suspects confessed to series of armed robbery
operations at Ajah, Lekki, and Victoria Island areas.
“Efforts are on to effect the arrest of other members of the
gang. I enjoin Lagosians to be vigilant, and to keep on availing the police of
credible information. We assure people of the state that we are committed to
reducing crimes to the barest minimum.” Culled from Punch
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