Adeleke
Rasaq, a robbery suspect, was arrested along with an accomplice, Lucky John, on
Sunday, by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police
Command in the Abule Egba area of the state.
The
suspects were said to have been terrorising residents of Abule Egba, Agege,
Fagba and Egbeda areas of the state before they met their Waterloo.
Rasak,
who resigned as a factory worker, confessed to the police that he became a ‘one
–chance’ robber to survive.
He
said, “John and I lived in Badagry. Every day, we go to Abule Egba, Agege,
Fagba, Egbeda to operate. As soon as we make enough money, we retire for the
day. I teamed up with John because picking people’s pockets is not easy. We had
to team up to make more money to survive.
“We
don’t make much money like before. The present economic condition in the
country has greatly affected ‘one-chance’ robbery; everywhere is dry. Since
Monday, we have been sharing N20,000, N30,000 and N40,000. Before, when I
operate alone, I could make close to N150,000. Now, things are difficult.”
Rasak
said he resigned from the factory where he worked after he noticed that his
friends in the Ajegunle area were living large.
“It
has been six years since I joined this gang. We don’t call it robbery, we call
it hustling,” he added.
Meanwhile,
the RRS operatives also smashed another syndicate, which robbed two passengers
in the Gbagada area of the state.
Members
of the gang, Ubuke Michael, 26, and 24-year-old Obinna Okoro, were reportedly
arrested after their operational bus, with number plate FST 890 XM, had picked
up the two passengers going to the Alaba International Market and Ladipo Spare
Part Market to buy goods.
Ubuke,
the leader of the gang, had allegedly invited a bus driver and a conductor to
join the gang for the operation.
He
said, “The driver and the conductor are familiar with the operation. I have so
many commercial buses that I call for operations. I call them to join me at a
particular location.
“The
driver and the conductor would do their normal work, while we collect
belongings of the passengers before dropping them off. The two passengers in
the bus were our victims that day.
“One
of them came out of a bank before boarding our bus, while we noticed that the
other had bulging pockets. We were about to collect their belongings when we
were arrested. We don’t normally carry more than two passengers during
operations. And whatever money we make, we share with the driver and the
conductor; but our share is usually more.”
One
of the victims, Boniface Anusionwu, said he had gone to withdraw some money
from the bank for his business and house rent when he boarded the vehicle of
the suspects.
The
Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, confirmed the
arrests. She added that the suspects would be charged to court when
investigations were completed.
Source: Punch
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