Some robbery suspects engaged in a war of words on Thursday at the Lagos State Police Command headquarters.
The suspects, who were recently arrested by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, traded blames over who caused their arrest.
PUNCH Metro learnt that the
suspects, Fatai Balogun, Wale Oluwatosin and Gbenga Olusanya, were
arrested shortly after robbing a family in the Iju, Ishaga area of the
state.
Police authorities said after the robbery, the suspects shared the loot and went their separate ways.
Oluwatosin was, however, spotted while hiding his gun at the backyard of his house.
An eyewitness was said to have reported
to the police and Oluwatosin was arrested. It was learnt that through
his confessional statement, the police apprehended his colleagues.
One of the suspects, Balogun, who claimed to be a barber, said he regretted following Oluwatosin for the robbery.
He said, “He (Oluwatosin) is a very
stupid boy. He is just 20-years-old and I see him like a younger brother
because we grew up in the same area. Some days ago, he told me that
there was a man in the area drove a nice car and he had studied the
man’s movements.
“We got guns and when it was midnight,
we stormed the house. We stole about N500,000 and I felt this was
enough, but Oluwatosin was not satisfied. He stole CDs, laptops, seven
mobile phones, video games and other items that we did not need.
“Carrying such things around at night
could draw suspicion to us and I told him this but he was too stubborn.
As I predicted, he was the one that caused our arrest. He is stupid.”
Another suspect, Olusanya, said he was
not an armed robber but a smuggler. He said he knew the gang but had
only followed them for one operation.
He said, “I followed them for a robbery
some months ago but we did not succeed. On that particular operation, we
met policemen on the road and decided to turn back. However, the driver
was drunk and we had an accident.
“We had to snatch another car which we
used to escape. After the unsuccessful robbery, I went back to my
smuggling business because I felt those guys were not serious armed
robbers. They were too clumsy.”
Oluwatosin, who is the youngest among the suspects, said he went into robbery so he could impress the suspects.
He said the suspects usually gave him
N7, 000 as an informant but he wanted to make more money which made him
to lead the operation.
He said, “I knew Balogun was an armed
robber and I looked up to him. He used to give me N7,000 as an
informant, but I felt I could do more. I did not know I would get caught
after my first robbery.”
Deputy Police Public Rleations Officer, Damasus Ozoani, said the suspects would soon be charged to court.PUNCH
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