Juliana
Francis
 |
| IGP, Adamu |
Mr
Ibrahaim Yahaya, a self-confessed leader of gang of motorcycle robbers, has
revealed that one of the decrees of the gang is that every member’s community
must be robbed.
Yahaya,
who is admitted joining crime out of anger, said that he had always planned to
be an upright person, but changed his mind and took to crime after his
motorcycle was stolen.
His
words: “I’m the leader of the gang. I was formerly a commercial motorcycle
rider. I stopped after my motorcycle was stolen. I got angry and formed this gang. We
started by stealing motorcycles from people’s homes, moving them away from
where they were parked. Later, we went on to start mounting road blocks at
night to rob cyclists. We moved to several areas in Abuja to carry out
operations. Every member of our gang has an obligation to take us to his area
for an operation. When we went to Kuje, we spent two days. Gidado was the
person who led us in the operation. We stole over six motorcycles from that
area. We also went to Tafa, and it was that led us in that operation. We
stole 12 motorcycles in the community within three days. After stealing a motorcycle,
we would take it out of that area; in the morning, we will take it to our
waiting buyers. We did this all over Abuja. I don’t know how police
learned about our activities, but they came after us and arrested us.”
The
gang was smashed by operatives of the Inspector General of Police Special
Intelligence Response Team, (IRT), at the Federal Capital Territory, FCT,
Abuja.
The
suspects are Ibrahaim Yahaya, Samalia Akali, Gidado Gusau, Musa Usman and Rabiu
Isah.
The
police said that the suspects confessed to have stolen no fewer than 55
motorcycles from different locations in FCT. Each of the motorcycles was sold
between N80, 00 to N60, 000.
Police
sources disclosed that the gang ran into trouble after members of Motorcycle
Riders’ Associations within the FCT alerted them about series of stolen and
snatched motorcycles, leading to IRT swinging into action. The investigation
was led by a Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari.
Yahaya
was arrested when one of his major receivers, within the FCT, was trailed and
arrested.
Yahaya
led the IRT in arresting four other members of his gang.
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