According to Source, the suspect, a native of Lantoro in Ogun State, said,
“since the day we robbed a woman, a recharge card seller, our gang had not known peace. It was as if we murdered sleep. It was at Bamiji Lawal Street, Bariga, Lagos. We robbed her of her jewelry and N50,000. It was around 8:30pm in front of her house. We threatened her with a cutlass and she gave us her bag. We were with a gun, but we did not intimidate her with it because she co-operated.
“Why I curse this woman was that immediately we robbed her, she raised the alarm and people called policemen who stormed the place. We ran, but the security agents were faster as they shot dead our gang leader, Suleiman, but three other gang members escaped.
“ My brother, it was a bitter experience and that was why I resolved not to go back to robbery. I nearly lost my life during the encounter with the police. I went to my grand-mother’s house to decide on what to do next.
“The first outing I did, I still met the same woman we robbed, she recognized me. She raised the alarm and I was arrested by some boys, who handed me over to the police. That woman is the cause of my woes. I regret ever participating in robbing her. It is a big lesson to me that it is not everybody you see that you can hurt.
“We had been successful in our outings in Bariga before we robbed that wicked woman that put me in this mess. We had narrowed down our operations to Bariga area. I participated in six robberies. The first was at Odunsi Street, where we collected phones and N20,000. The second was at Onipe Street. We got two telephone handsets and N50,000. The third was at Oyedu Street, Bariga where we collected N80,000, and I got N20,000 share. The fourth was at Command Street, where we snatched one phone and jewelery.”Lagos State Police Command Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Kenneth Nwosu, a Deputy Superintendent, confirmed the arrest.
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