"WEBO IS A NOTORIOUS ROBBER"...SAYS ANOTHER SUSPECT

Police have arrested two of the eight-gang gunmen that robbed the De-Sholly Petroleum,Manager in the Morogbo area of the Lagos-Badagry Expressway and made away with N6.8m, which was the proceeds from fuel sale for the day.

According to source, the gunmen were said to have converged on a motor park in the Agbara area, where they planned the operation.They were also said to have driven their motorcycles to a place near the filling station, disguising as commercial motorcyclists. However, when Adewale drove out of the filling station, they waylaid and shot him. In a bid to escape from his attackers, the manager reportedly knocked down two of the motorcycles and the riders.But the money, kept in a schoolbag, was eventually snatched by the others who swooped on him.

It was learnt that the matter was reported at the Morogbo Police Division before it was transferred to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad. Our correspondent gathered that two suspected members of the gang, Ayodele Ogunbiyi and Olalekan Oladipupo, had been arrested by the police.

 They were reportedly arrested from their hideout in the Iyana- Iba area on Wednesday, April 7. Ogunbiyi, 30, said he was invited for the operation by Webo, who he claimed to be the gang’s leader. Ogunbiyi, who hails from Badagry, Lagos State, added that he got N430,000 as his share and used it for his son’s naming ceremony. “Webo is a notorious robber. He was the one who called me on the phone that he had a job for us. He was the one who knew the informant. “He brought the four guns that we used. When we finished the operation, he took us to a hideout in the Igando area. He gave me N430, 000. “I used the money for my child’s naming ceremony. My wife had put to bed a few days to the time we robbed. It was when I called Webo to borrow some money that he suggested the operation to me.

 Oladipupo, 28, from the Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos, said he got N410, 000 from Webo. He added that he was given a gun and three cartridges for the operation. “I was one of the two robbers that the manager knocked down. When I stood up, I shot at the windscreen of his car, but not at his body. “I was the one who took the schoolbag containing the cash and two blackberry phones.” Our correspondent learnt that the police were intensifying efforts to apprehend other fleeing gang members.

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