An
ex-convict, Olabamidele Sanusi has been arrested by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad
(SARS), Ikeja, Lagos State, on his way to a robbery operation with other
members of his gang.
Sanusi, who
still has a dazed look on his face, said that he was shocked out of his wit
after it dawned on him that he had reached the end of the road in his criminal
activities.
According to
him, he only accepted to join in the robbery operation after a gang member told
him that the robbery was going to be the easiest ever.
Almost on
the verge of breaking down in tears, Sanusi said: “Yes, I was among a gang of
robbers going for operation when I was arrested. God! I didn’t know it would
turn out like this!
“I was told
that the robbery would be as easy as eating a pie. The man who brought the job
would be part of the operation. I thought it would be easy, I didn’t know
police would catch us.
If Sanusi is
charged to court and is found guilty, it would be his second time of being a
guest in prison.
He said that
the first time he went to prison was in 2012. He insisted that though he was
nabbed this time for robbery, but in 2012, his offence was not robbery.
“It was
actually a fight over land matter that took me to prison in 2012. The land in
question is at Mowe Ibafo,” said Sanusi. “Our opponent is a gang led by a
dreaded guy called Omi Ata, now
living at Ketu. We were working then for an estate agent, called Dr. Enitan. One day, I and other members of the gang were
in the land. Suddenly Enitan and told us to leave, that court had given
judgment in favour of our opponent.
“Immediately
he told us, others took off. I decided to leave through the back way. I didn’t
know that our opponent boys were hanging around that axis. As soon as they saw
me, they pounced and gave me the beaten of my life. They dragged me to Ketu
Police Station and from Ketu Police Station; I was dumped in Kirikiri prisons.”
The suspect
said that he had not killed anybody was a thug for land speculators, but he had
injured a good number of people.
Displaying
different scars on his face, body and hands, Sanusi they were trademarks of his
profession.
He added: “It’s
not as if we used to shoot and machete people to death during fight over land.
The truth is that, when the fighting is on, people with guns will start
shooting into the air to scare and intimidate the other opponent. It was in land
fight that I received these machetes cuts on my body.”
Sanusi who
blamed his family members for his life of crime, further revealed that he slide
into crime after he trained as a boxer, but could not get any sponsor to make
his dream of becoming a boxer a reality. He had also gone to learn a trade, but
there was also no money to mark his graduation.
Determined
to make something of his life, Sanusi who is the first child in the family,
with a father who is deceased and a mother who sells vegetable, decided to
start selling sachet water.
He was
already into the business when a friend saw and told him that he was too ‘big
to be selling sachet water.’ The promised to introduce him to a better
business, which would fetch more money than sachet water business.
Sanusi said: “I was formerly staying at Bariga
area, living with an aunt of mine. I used to attend Islamic school. My aunt had
a boy-friend who used to train people to become boxers. He also trained me.
“At a point
I started boxing and representing Lagos State. I started boxing for bantam
weight. When it was time for my freedom, there was no money. I moved down to
Mowe Ibafo to seek labourer work. After that, I took to selling sachet water.
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