The Special Anti-Robbery Squad of
Agbado Police Division, was on Monday busted three members of a 5-man robbery
gang Tope Oyeleye, aka Elede; Abiola Yekini and Yusuf Olohuntoba, aka Ete, on
Ayinla street when they were about to share their loot!
It was gathered that Elede and
Ramoni, had robbed some houses in Owonikoko and Ayinla areas around 2am on
Monday, where they stole money and phones, among other household items.
A resident on the street reportedly
saw them and called the police, who quickly got tot eh area and arrested three
of them.
Items recovered from them include 16
phones, one DVD player, two cut-to-size guns with a live cartridge, two
spanners, a burglar proof cutter, among others.
Twenty-one-year old Elede, who hails
from Ekiti State, confessed to the crime.
He said:
“I was initially selling cannabis,
but I joined a robbery gang three years ago when I was not making enough money
from the drug.
We were seven in number bearing
Oyenusi; I am Oyenusi 07. We robbed a banker of N7m early this year around
RAFCO, Agbado.
We killed him because he confronted
us. I got N650,000 in that operation. The six others have been killed.
“We were six in the Monday night
operation. I was given four phones and a sum of N2,000 as my share.
There was an argument between Ramon,
Sule, J.J, Absorber and I over the sharing formula. We were on it when the
policemen came. Ete was not involved but he is my friend.”
Yekini, a 28-year-old indigene of
Ibadan, said:
“I was introduced to the gang by a
friend called Anu when I told him I needed N24,000 to pay my shop rent. I tried
in vain to borrow the money from my neighbours.
“This is my first operation and my
role was to stay outside to watch for other members robbing residents. I
collected the four phones and N500 they gave me without arguing with them. I
really regret what I did.”
Ete, who is a cobbler, said he was
not a robber, adding that he was just a friend of Elede. However, the police said
his fate would be determined after the investigation.
The Ogun State Police spokesperson,
DSP Muyiwa Adejobi, confirmed the arrest. He said the suspects would be
transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Eleweran, for
further investigation.
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