Juliana
Francis
The Lagos State
Police Command has killed a South African based suspected armed robber and also
arrested his elder brother who is a pastor.
According to
Police, the suspect, named Confidence, used to rob in Nigeria and relocate to
South Africa, where he was actually based.
The police
allegedly shot and killed Confidence after he took to his heels at the sight of
police, rather than surrendered.
When the
apartment where he was staying was searched, four AK47 rifles were found inside
the ceiling. The police also recovered four cars: Two Camry cars, one End of
Discussion and a Mercedes Jeep.
Confidence
was said to have robbed with the likes of Godogodo and Goke, known in the
underworld and police circles as notorious robbers.
It was
gathered that after the arrest of Godogodo and Goke, they had both mentioned
the name of Confidence during interrogation. Since then, SARS operatives had
been hunting for him.
It was also
heard that SARS men tried all the venues that his partners in crime mentioned
as likely places to find Confidence, but all attempts were futile.
SARS
operatives finally decided to catch him, using his lover, Chinelo.
Police
trailed Chinelo and finally arrested her. She opened up to them. She told them
that Confidence travalled to South Africa six months earlier.
The
anti-robbery detectives kept Chinelo under their custody and used her to
monitor the movement of Confidence. Whenever Confidence called her, the police
would listen on the conversation. Confidence had no idea that his lover was in
police custody.
When police
asked her to take them to Confidence home, she told them that she did not know
his home, because they used to meet in hotels.
Police
investigations finally yielded results after Confidence called Chinelo one day
and told her that he was coming home for Xmas. Chinelo told him that she
desperately needed some money to buy items for the forth coming Xmas.
Confidence
asked her to go to his elder brother’s house at Baruwa Estate, Ipaja. That she
should collect some money from the man, pending his return to Nigeria.
Ironically,
Confidence elder brother is a pastor.
A team of
SARS men followed Chinelo to Baruwa Estate, where they arrested Pastor. They however
did not search the Pastor’s house.
When they
reached SARS office at Command, Ikeja, Pastor repeatedly denied knowing the
whereabouts of Confidence. It was gathered that Pastor finally carved in and
confessed under the heat of interrogation.
He told them
that Confidence was in his home when they came to arrest him.
Since
Confidence apparently did not know that policemen whisked his brother away,
police believed he was still at home.
SARS men
went back to the house. As soon as
Confidence saw the policemen, he bolted. All shouts at him to halt, failed.
The police
opened fire. The bullet got him and he died. The incident happened at about 5pm
and the gun shot attracted the attention of the residents, who gathered.
When police
searched his body, a pistol was found around the waist band of his trouser. The
pistol had eight rounds of ammunition.
They also
recovered a South Africa passport. Police believe that Confidence’s elder
brother, used to rob with him.
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