Two
robbery suspects, Mutiu Onifade and Taofeek Adeosun, have told
detectives attached to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Ikeja,
Lagos State, how one of their friends, Ramoni, organised a robbery
operation, while still in prison. Onifade and Adeosun, now in the
custody of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), said members of the
gang were apprehended on the day of the operation, at Iyana-Ipaja area
of Lagos.
The suspects claimed that they did not know each other until Ramoni, who is still in incarceration, called each of them at different times, telling them about each other. They also told the police that they both met Ramoni while they were in prison. While both men denied going to prison for robbery, they claimed that Ramoni that is serving term for robbery.
A police source said: “On January 1, the suspects came to Iyana-Ipaja area of Lagos on a robbery operation. In the process of the robbery, both of them were caught. “They came for the operation with two double barrel pistols and about four cartridges.
They also came in a Nissan Sunny salon car. The incident happened in the evening. People around the neighbourhood raised the alarm that robbers were operating.” It was gathered that immediately men of SARS received the distress call, they raced to the scene and arrested the two robbers.
It was after their arrest that preliminary investigations showed that the robbers had been in prison in the past. Onifade and Adeosun, at different periods, were imprisoned in Ibara Prisons, Ogun State.
The 27-year-old Onifade is married and has a child. He said: “I’m a generator mechanic. I once had a shop, but when the roads were being expanded, my shop was demolished. “I was arrested because Ramoni called me to go and collect money from somebody for him.
He said I and Taofeek should collect the money at Iyana-Ipaja. When we got there, police arrested us. “Ramoni is still in Ibara Prison. It was from the prison he called me to meet Taofeek Adeosun for the robbery. I met Taofeek at Abule-Egba.
It was from there we proceeded to Iyana-Ipaja where we were arrested.” The suspect also recounted how they got their guns from someone in Benin Republic. He said: “We got our guns from someone in Benin Republic. It was Ramoni that knows him.
Ramoni gave us the Alhaji’s phone number and I went to him to collect the guns. The Alhaji gave me the guns and said I should not worry, promising to discuss with Ramoni.” Onifade also spoke on how he landed in Ibara prison. “It is true that I’ve been to prison before. It was a friend who led me to prison. He goes out most Mondays and comes back at weekend.
Whenever he comes back, he gives me N2,000 or N3,000. I used the money to start a daily contribution. I had a fairly used motorcycle, so I told him I wanted to sell it for N40,000. He said he would give me N20,000, to add to the N20,000 I had. For three months, he did not pay the N20,000 after which I sold it,” he said.
According to him, as soon as he sold the motorcycle, his friend came with police to arrest him. He said: “I spent four months in the prison before I was released as he later wrote a withdrawal letter. It was in the prison that I met Ramoni.”
His 24-year-old accomplice, Adeosun, said he was an automobile mechanic, married and had three kids. According to him, he was arrested after Onifade called him to meet him somewhere. He said: “There was a day Mutiu called me on phone. I did not know him before. I believe it was Ramoni who is still in prison that gave him my number.
I know Ramoni in prison when I had a problem. “Mutiu told me he was coming to Lagos to meet someone at Iyana-Ipaja. He called me on December 29, he said he will come to Lagos on January, 1. “When he got to Lagos, he called and informed me that he was already at Abule-Egba.
I picked my car and drove to meet and pick him there. He told me to take him to Iyana- Ipaja that he wanted to meet somebody there. “When we got to Iyana-Ipaja, he asked me to park and told him to remain inside the car. He called the person on phone. About 10 minutes after Mutiu came, the police came to arrest us. It was around 6pm. He is the one that knew where we were going to rob.
I have never robbed before. Ramoni knows my number because when I was leaving the prison, I gave them my number.” Adeosun explained that he landed in Ibara prison for murder. He said: “A friend gave me a car to repair.
After repairing the car, he refused to pay me. I went to ask him for my money. He tried to fight me, but I left him. He later came to my house to meet me. Another quarrel ensued.
I told him that he was the one who owed me and has come to fight me. As we were pushing each other, he fell down and died. “My family members went to meet with his relatives. They withdrew the case. They said they should go and bury the boy. I spent more than a year in the prison. “I feel bad that I was arrested for robbery. I have already got there before I know it was a robbery mission.”
The suspects claimed that they did not know each other until Ramoni, who is still in incarceration, called each of them at different times, telling them about each other. They also told the police that they both met Ramoni while they were in prison. While both men denied going to prison for robbery, they claimed that Ramoni that is serving term for robbery.
A police source said: “On January 1, the suspects came to Iyana-Ipaja area of Lagos on a robbery operation. In the process of the robbery, both of them were caught. “They came for the operation with two double barrel pistols and about four cartridges.
They also came in a Nissan Sunny salon car. The incident happened in the evening. People around the neighbourhood raised the alarm that robbers were operating.” It was gathered that immediately men of SARS received the distress call, they raced to the scene and arrested the two robbers.
It was after their arrest that preliminary investigations showed that the robbers had been in prison in the past. Onifade and Adeosun, at different periods, were imprisoned in Ibara Prisons, Ogun State.
The 27-year-old Onifade is married and has a child. He said: “I’m a generator mechanic. I once had a shop, but when the roads were being expanded, my shop was demolished. “I was arrested because Ramoni called me to go and collect money from somebody for him.
He said I and Taofeek should collect the money at Iyana-Ipaja. When we got there, police arrested us. “Ramoni is still in Ibara Prison. It was from the prison he called me to meet Taofeek Adeosun for the robbery. I met Taofeek at Abule-Egba.
It was from there we proceeded to Iyana-Ipaja where we were arrested.” The suspect also recounted how they got their guns from someone in Benin Republic. He said: “We got our guns from someone in Benin Republic. It was Ramoni that knows him.
Ramoni gave us the Alhaji’s phone number and I went to him to collect the guns. The Alhaji gave me the guns and said I should not worry, promising to discuss with Ramoni.” Onifade also spoke on how he landed in Ibara prison. “It is true that I’ve been to prison before. It was a friend who led me to prison. He goes out most Mondays and comes back at weekend.
Whenever he comes back, he gives me N2,000 or N3,000. I used the money to start a daily contribution. I had a fairly used motorcycle, so I told him I wanted to sell it for N40,000. He said he would give me N20,000, to add to the N20,000 I had. For three months, he did not pay the N20,000 after which I sold it,” he said.
According to him, as soon as he sold the motorcycle, his friend came with police to arrest him. He said: “I spent four months in the prison before I was released as he later wrote a withdrawal letter. It was in the prison that I met Ramoni.”
His 24-year-old accomplice, Adeosun, said he was an automobile mechanic, married and had three kids. According to him, he was arrested after Onifade called him to meet him somewhere. He said: “There was a day Mutiu called me on phone. I did not know him before. I believe it was Ramoni who is still in prison that gave him my number.
I know Ramoni in prison when I had a problem. “Mutiu told me he was coming to Lagos to meet someone at Iyana-Ipaja. He called me on December 29, he said he will come to Lagos on January, 1. “When he got to Lagos, he called and informed me that he was already at Abule-Egba.
I picked my car and drove to meet and pick him there. He told me to take him to Iyana- Ipaja that he wanted to meet somebody there. “When we got to Iyana-Ipaja, he asked me to park and told him to remain inside the car. He called the person on phone. About 10 minutes after Mutiu came, the police came to arrest us. It was around 6pm. He is the one that knew where we were going to rob.
I have never robbed before. Ramoni knows my number because when I was leaving the prison, I gave them my number.” Adeosun explained that he landed in Ibara prison for murder. He said: “A friend gave me a car to repair.
After repairing the car, he refused to pay me. I went to ask him for my money. He tried to fight me, but I left him. He later came to my house to meet me. Another quarrel ensued.
I told him that he was the one who owed me and has come to fight me. As we were pushing each other, he fell down and died. “My family members went to meet with his relatives. They withdrew the case. They said they should go and bury the boy. I spent more than a year in the prison. “I feel bad that I was arrested for robbery. I have already got there before I know it was a robbery mission.”
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