How we robbed with stones in traffic –Suspect

Mustapha Idris, the son of an Imam, shunned the Q’uranic injunction and turned to the underworld. Idris, now in police custody, disclosed that he and his gang members used to smash motorists’ windscreens with stones before robbing them in traffic jam.
The suspect and his gang members had been robbing motorists on Mile 2 and Apapa routes for many years, until his arrest. When other members of the six-man gang escaped, Idris was not so lucky. According to him, their mode of operation was to use elements of fear, surprise and shock on their victims and others around before robbing them.

On the day he was arrested, nobody was more stunned than Idris, when instead of passers-by to scamper for safety as usual during their operation, they confronted them and latched onto him. Idris was handed over to the Special Anti- Robbery Squad (SARS), Ikeja, Lagos State. At SARS, he was handed over to a team led by Goodluck Imuetinyan.
He is presently being grilled. The team has also started hunting for fleeing members of the gang. A police source disclosed that the team was already on the trail of some of the members. Idris spoke on how the gang used to operate. He said: “In this type of robbery, you can’t work alone. You must be at least four persons. We used to hurl heavy stones at vehicles’ windscreens during bumper to bumper traffic jam. “We target the driver’s side of the windscreen. Once it shatters, we would surround the driver and start shouting: Where is the money! Where is the money! We would collect his valuables. We don’t use guns, we use only stones.
“Once the screen is shattered, the driver would attempt to drive out of the traffic, but it would be difficult for him because the back and front would be blocked by other vehicles. “Other drivers wouldn’t dare leave their cars to help because we are usually four or more.
We target cars of rich men. We are not interested in any car, but in the person driving the car. When the person looks rich, we go after him or her.” On the fateful day of his arrest, four of them went for the operation. “But it was only me that was arrested. Others escaped. I was caught and handed over to police by passers-bye,” Idris added.
According to him, once it is 9pm, he and other gang members will meet in a park and later move to either Apapa Wharf or Mile 2 routes, because those areas are close to where they live. Idris, who is from a dysfunctional family, is the last child of his parents.
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