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| CP.Lagos. Edgal Imohimi |
Stanley 31, and others, Emmanuel
Ogba, 45, aka Tablet, Matthew Ogba 30, Fidelis Nelson 41, aka MP,
AbayomiAdebisi 42, Sunday Solomon 41 and Emmanuel Olusegun 37, were arrested on
June 16, while trying to sell a snatched car. Mathew and Emmanuel are blood
brothers.
According to
the police, the suspects, who are based in Ogun State, used to operate in other
states.
The gang met
its Waterloo after police received information about their operations. Armed
with this information, SARS and other conventional policemen ambushed and arrested
them.
Items
recovered from the suspects are Toyota Camry car without registration number,
one toy gun and several SIM cards.
Stanley, who
introduced himself as a gospel singer and a barber, was arrested with his other
gang members around 5pm in Ogun State. He claimed to have been lured into crime
by a member of his church, Mr Fidelis Nelson.
He said:
“I’m a gospel artist. Robbery is not my work. I was introduced to this by
Nelson. He wanted us to snatch a car in order to get our daily bread. At first
I refused, but he later forced me to do it. I agreed because I wanted to use
the money to buy more instruments to fulfil my purpose. After we stole the car,
I went to my village and then one day, Fidelis called me to come and
collect my; that was how I was arrested.”
Speaking
about the gang and its operation, Mathew said: “I’m not a thief! I was
told by my brother that there was a car to sell, and that I should get buyers
for the car. I got a buyer and we negotiated the price. It was when he was
about to pay that the police came and arrested us.”
Emmanuel, a
father of six, from Benue State, said: “I’m into laundry business. It was Mr
Fidelis Nelson that called and told me he had a car to sell. I called my
brother and asked him to bring a buyer. As I was about to collect my share of
the money, police appeared and arrested us. I didn’t know the car was a stolen
one.”
Adebisi, a
building contractor, said he did not steal any car, insisting that it was his
friend that involved him in the crime.
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