The suspect, Samuel Meme, was arrested by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) after he and his accomplice, Wasiu, robbed the Portuguese couple in traffic.
He said: “Wasiu and I positioned ourselves on both sides of the car and we broke the two rear glasses. I collected the man’s phone while Wasiu took his wife’s phone and her purse containing N60,000. The lady pleaded for her drug from the purse and I asked my colleague to give her and we left for another car.”
The traumatised Portuguese couple were said to be on admission in the hospital. Meme, a former scrap metal collector, who later embraced robbery, said he used to target cars whose occupants were busy using their phones while in traffic.
Meme was arrested on Saturday after robbing a Portuguese couple and occupant of another car in traffic on Marine Bridge, Ijora. He said: “My plan was to operate alone that night. Luckily for me there was heavy traffic, which extended deep into the night on Marine Bridge. Just as I was planning to strike, I ran into Wasiu, who is still at large.
We decided to rob cars together.” Meme added that minutes after they agreed to work together, they noticed a Toyota Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV), occupied by a white man and woman. It was the Portuguese couple. The suspects attacked. After robbing the Portuguese couple, the two men went for another victim.
Meme recounted: “The next car in front was a Toyota Corolla, with a lone occupant. We broke the two side glasses too but the lady insisted she had no phone but we collected her bag and jewellery.” He said that it was Wasiu that taught him how to rob in traffic. According to him, after he had mastered the act, he started operating alone.https://newtelegraphonline.com/three-months-leaving-prison-ex-convict-robs-portuguese-couple/
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