Some soldiers in Lagos State have arrested three men
for robbery and handed them over to the police in Lagos.
The police alleged that the three friends, Godwin
Nwoye 25, Mathias Onoyake 22 and John Odikagpule 25, had been terrorising
motorists along Alago Meji Yaba area of the metropolis.
The suspects were said to have been arrested in
different parts of Lagos.
The police said: “The suspects have been robbing for
long.”
Onoyake, who described himself as a footballer, said
he was going to his sister’s place when he was arrested and whizzed off to the
State Criminal Investigations Department (SCID), Panti.
Onoyake said: “I play football for a club. I needed
money for visa and couldn’t raise it. It was because I needed money for visa,
that I joined robbery. Most of those that I used to play football with have
travelled overseas. I need to travel too.”
Nwoye and Odikagpule, on the other hand, confessed
to being motor boys.
They also confessed to robbery. According to them,
they embraced robbery because of hunger. They claimed to have been robbing
since last year.
They said: “We ventured into robbery after the
trailer we used to follow as motor boy developed a fault. We couldn’t work
since the trailer wasn’t working. We didn’t have money to feed.” The suspects said poverty pushed them into
crime. They urged Nigerians to forgive them.
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