Police nab chief for robbery

The current travail of the Ajagun Ode of Ode, High Chief Sunday Boboye, is still being celebrated by his subjects. An Akure Magistrate Court recently threw the chief into the prison having found him culpable of armed robbery.
 Saturday Newswatch gathered that the community, which had since lived under apprehension until the chief’s arrest, is now heaving a sigh of relief.
“It is certain now that we are going to enjoy our Christmas and new year this time. When somebody is imposed on a community; what we went through is what naturally happens. We are grateful to the court for returning smile to our faces,” an indigene who craved anonymity said, excitedly.
The chief’s escapade was uncovered when the robbery suspects at the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) fingered him as their accomplice.
The suspects include Gbenga Akinyele, Akeem Bakare (27), Obadun Gabriel and Ramoni Ismaila.
They described the chief not only as their principal but also one that supplied the gang their operational weapons with which they unleashed terror on their victims, including the woman whose case eventually turned their albatross.
“They took our men to where they keep their guns somewhere along Oda Road to back up their claim. They put no one in doubt of their long working relationship with the chief,” a source said.
The suspect said the chief gave them the order to attack the woman under the pretext that she owed him some money.
It was learnt that the gang carried out the attack last month at Orita Obele and subjected her and her household to hardship after which they carted away money, car and other items, including jewellery.
“The chief did not deny the fact that the suspects had been his boys since 2010. He said he used them to protect his property but investigation showed he is not saying the whole truth,” the source added.
The police have since recovered the stolen items. The Toyota Camry car was said to have been sighted at an auto dealer garage in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital.
The middleman and auto dealer were also arrested, and they had explained their level of involvement in the matter.
 mydailynewswatch