Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), Ikeja,
Lagos State Police Command have smashed a gang that specialized in using
pouring pepper into the eyes of cab drivers before snatching their vehicles.
At least five suspects have been arrested in
connection with the gang. Operatives of RRS have also discovered that the gang
was made up of thieves, cultists and cyber fraudsters, otherwise known as
Yahooyahoo boys.
The suspects presently in police custody are Michael
Sosa (27), Nelson Benson (24), Idowu Dauda (30), Owolabi Shobayo, aka Daju pa
(29) and Biliaminu Abu, aka Gengen (43). They were all arrested in Ijoko and
Otta, Ogun State, last week for hijacking and selling a Taxify Toyota Corolla
Sports in Lekki, in February, 2019.
A police source said: “Two among the suspects
carried out the hijacking, while three others participated in the selling of
the car to a dealer in Republic of Benin for the sum of N250,000:00.”
The source further explained: “Michael Sosa, in
company of Dosumu, now at large, had sometime in February, 2019 converged at
Elegushi Beach, Lekki, where they both hatched the plan to hijack a Taxify car,
move it to Ogun State and sell. Sosa, a ‘yahoo-boy,’ after waiting till 10:00
p.m., ordered a Taxify from Agungi Estate to Lagos Island. In the car with him
were Dosumu and Idowu Samuel.”
While fielding questions from policemen, Sosa
recounted how they once robbed a driver.
He said: “At Abraham Adesanya Estate, Lekki, I told
the driver I wanted to ease myself. We alighted; while I pretended to be
urinating, Dosumu poured dried pepper he was keeping, into bottle water. He had
earlier bought the bottled water in traffic. He allowed the substance to
dissolve well. We got back into the car. The Taxify driver was about to start
the car when Dosumu poured the mixture on the driver’s head. The driver screamed
and jumped out of the car. He started shouting for help. I got on his seat and
drove the car away from the scene.
“I drove to the road leading to Alpha Beach, where
we stopped for some hours, because we suspected we were being followed. At
about 4:00 a.m. on Sunday, I proceeded to Agege via Agidingbi. I dropped Dosumu
in Omole. I then went to pick Nelson Benson in Agege Stadium. Nelson was to
direct us through routes that would prevent us from encountering police to
Ijoko. At Ijoko, I took the car to Alfa Mouka’s house. He was my spiritualist.
I told him the car was stolen. It was at this point we began to source for
buyers.”
According to Sosa, he was introduced to Daju pa and
Gengen. He described the two men as dreaded cultists and notorious criminals in
their community.
He said: “I was new in the area and I didn’t know
them quite well. I have been warned that they call the shot there. They took
the car from me, but by this time, they were already scheming and getting
difficult to understand. I told them I wanted to sell the car for N300, 000.
Daju Pa on his part, stated: “Eniba (Idowu Dauda)
was the one who drove the car to my house in Ijoko. He told me that it belonged
to his brother. I discovered that the car had no papers. This made it difficult
to sell. We got a dealer who asked us to bring it to the Republic of Benin.
Gengen and I took it across at about 11:00 p.m. after changing the number
plate. We sold the Toyota Corolla Sport for N250,000. We would have sold it
better than that but for the papers that were not available. I took N190,000 of
the money. I gave N60, 000 to Gengen while I gave N40, 000 to Eniba to give
Michael. Although I got to know that it was N30, 000 that got to him. Our link
to Benin got N13,000. That was how we shared the money.”
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