Sunday Ajewole, 32, father
of three, self-acclaimed ‘anointed’ to be a Pastor, disclosed during interrogation
at the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Ikeja, Lagos that he is the gang’s armourer and he usually hid the
gang’s weapons in an uncompleted building in Ayobo area of state, at the end of
each operation.
According to the Police, the members of the gang
had allegedly participated in several operations, where vehicles were snatched
from their unsuspecting owners at gun point. Police sources hinted that “the
gang robbed a bank in Ondo state recently and a bureau de- change office in
Ayobo” .
They however met their waterloo, after the Lagos State
Police Command got wind of their hideout somewhere around Gowon estate,
consequent upon which the command boss, Kayode Aderanti, detailed operatives of
the Special Anti Robbery Squad,SARS on their trail.
Operatives were said to have stormed a hotel in Gowon estate, Egbeda, where
three suspected members of the gang were arrested. Three operational vehicles
suspected to have been stolen , were reportedly recovered from them.
“ I know I have sinned . But God has forgiven me.
Today, I am a changed man . I am not only born again, I am one of the Pastors
in the cell! If I come out of this alive, I am going to continue preaching the
gospel of God.
Yes! I was once a cultist. But that belongs to the past because God has forgiven me.
Yes! I was once a cultist. But that belongs to the past because God has forgiven me.
“I joined the cult four years ago after my friend, Tunde,
initiated me. I was compelled to join because business was no more booming. I
own a house in Ayobo, a suburb of Iyana Ipaja,which was built ten years ago,
while I was working in a filling station. Three years ago, I sold my golf car
and used the proceed to build a shop in front of my house.
“I went into supply of kerosene and diesel in Ayobo area
of Lagos. But all of a sudden, things began to fall apart.
“I was arrested because my friend Omoloja, (one of the
suspects ) brought a gun to the Aiye confraternity temple in Isefun Ayobo.
Omoloja is a land grabber, he is also a member of our cult . When I asked him
how he got the gun, he said it was meant for security purpose.
Owing to the fact that I was the third in command, the gun was kept in my possession . I kept it in an uncompleted building. But I never went to any operation with them. My involvement is simply because I kept their weapons”.
Owing to the fact that I was the third in command, the gun was kept in my possession . I kept it in an uncompleted building. But I never went to any operation with them. My involvement is simply because I kept their weapons”.
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Kenneth Nwosu, a Deputy Superintendent of Police , DSP said investigation into the case was still ongoing , with a view to apprehending other fleeing members of the gang.
