The Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Ikeja, Lagos
State Police Command, has arrested one John Ige, who allegedly organized armed
robbers to rob and rape his pregnant sister.
According to the Lagos State Commissioner of Police
(CP), Mr. Fatai Owoseni, said Ige, a hairstylist with his shop located in front
of his sister’s home at Sango-Otta, along with some of his friends, robbed his
pregnant sister, Temilade and even attempted to rape her.
It was gathered that Ige would have gotten away with
the crime, if not that the suspects, while on the robbery operation,
unwittingly mentioned his name.
When Temilade reported the matter to the police, she
fingered her brother.
Owoseni said that just as the suspects were about to
pounce on her, one of them realized she was pregnant. The rape idea was
immediately abandoned.
Owoseni said: “The suspect planned with friends,
robbed his sister’s house at night and even wanted to join in raping her. The
suspect and his friends stole a Lexus 350 Jeep, jewelry, Plasma Television and N70,
000 from temilade. When the information got to the police, we immediately went
into action. We got to know it was John, Temilade’s younger brother that
planned with friends to rob his sister. John claimed Temilade was always
maltreating him. He said his friends wanted to discipline Temilade.”
Owoseni said that four men went for the robbery
operation, but only Ige and David Chibike, 28, are presently in police custody.
The police boss said that others are still at large.
The story however took a doubtful twist, after
Chibike, speaking with journalists, said he had never set eyes on Ige, until
police arrested and took him to police station.
Ige denied being part of the suspects that robbed
and attempted to rape his sister.
He said: “One night, Wisdom and his friends came to
my shop. They saw the way my sister maltreated me when she came to my shop.
They felt sorry for me and told me they were going to deal with my sister. I
thought they were bluffing. I later got a call from them that same night, that
they had just robbed my sister’s house. I couldn’t tell anyone. They said I
should come over to their place.”
Ige said that he dashed to the place that same night
and saw the items stolen from Temilade.
He added: “They gave me N10, 000 as transport fare.
I went home the following morning. Immediately I got home, my sister called me.
She said she was robbed by some people. I couldn’t tell her I know the people
because I had already collected N10, 000. My sister told police she suspected
me. I didn’t know Wisdom and his gang mentioned my nickname “Biggy” while they
were robbing her.”
Chibike, a car dealer said: “I don’t know John from
It was after I was arrested that I saw him for the first time in my life. I was
at my shop when some guys brought a Lexus 350 car to me. I didn’t have money to buy it, so I called Joe,
a naval officer. Joe is my customer. Joe saw the car and promised he would buy
it. Joe was yet to come, when police came to arrest me. I’m not part of any
gang! I work and have my office at Apapa.”
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