The Lagos State Police Command have arrested a
robber who has a penchant for fondling the breasts of female victims, before
robbing them.
The suspect, Abdullah Isiaka and his partners in
crime, identified simply as Governor, Abel and Brigadier used to operate at
Ebute-Metta, Lagos State.
According to police investigators, they mostly used
to sleep along the railway axis in order to catch victims during the early
hours of the morning.
After their arrest however, they explained that
every morning, while people were getting ready to go to their different
offices, they too would bath and dress like they were going to their own
offices.
They were however going to Ebute-Metta area, to waylay
and rob victims.
According to the police, their modus operandi was
for two of the gang members to be at the back and two at the front. They would
ensure that a victim is dragged into their middle before robbing the person.
They also have a motorbike for operation. This motorbike used to aid their
quick escape from crime scene.
A police source said: “They target lone figures, put
the person in their middle and rob the person. Once they get a victim,
Brigadier would bring out gun and order the victim to cooperate with them. Isiaka
targets women. Once they catch a female victim, Isiaka would start caressing
her breasts. He said that caressing breasts before robbing the person used to
make him feel happy.”
Further confessing to detectives of the Federal
Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS), Isiaka said that he and his gang members once
robbed a victim who had dollars in his possession.
He reportedly told police: “I used my share of the
money to buy motorbike. After I bought the motorbike, I and Abel, started our
own operation. I later heard that Governor had been arrested. We used to go to
Ebute-Metta, Apapa Wharf and other places to rob. Sometimes we go to Ikeja. I
handle the guns.”
The gang met its waterloo when they went to Ijora
Badia area to operate.
The gang, now comprising Isiaka and Abel, choose a
wrong day to go to Ojora Badia to operate. They went on a day policemen were
clamping down on motorbike riders.
Isiaka and Abel of course didn’t know this; as soon
as the policemen sighted them, they flagged them down. The motorbike halted,
Isiaka bolted, leaving Abel. The policemen however pursued him. They caught and
also arrested Abel. A gun was said to have been recovered from them.
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