Two members of a 5-man robbery gang identified as Abraham Robinson
and Seyi Shomefun, have been apprehended by operatives of the Special
Anti-Robbery Squad of the Lagos State Police Command in the Igando area
of the state.
According to a report by Punch newspaper, the suspects were
reportedly arrested after robbing the manager of sachet water factory,
Hamadig Pure Water Company, on Aminat Burdge Street, Igando, which was
masterminded by a worker at the factory, identified as Israel.
It was gathered that Israel who is still on the run, had told the
gang that he was broke and needed some money. He reportedly invited the
gang members to attack his boss, Yusuf, with an agreement that he would
be given part of the loot.
The manager was preparing to leave the factory on September 13,
2017, when the assailants struck, and allegedly dispossessed him of
N200,000.
While speaking to a correspondence, a police source said on
Thursday that the manager managed to escape from the scene and raised
the alarm, which led to the arrest of one of the robbers, Robinson.
The source said, “Israel is a casual worker at Hamadig Pure
Water Company in Igando. He contacted Shomefun to bring robbers to the
company to rob his manager. Shomefun went to the Mowo area, Badagry, to
get other gang members. They are one Akin, aka BJ; Robinson and one
other.
“Shomefun had earlier parked his Honda Accord on the company’s
premises in order to study the manager’s movement. On that day, at about
8.30pm, the robbers came. They successfully robbed their victim of
N200,000.
“He was lucky to escape from the robbers and raised the alarm
and Robinson was eventually arrested. His confession led to the arrest
of the second suspect, Shomefun, who also confessed to his roles in the
crime,” the source said, adding that the car with number plate, KSF 204
BS, used by the gang to spy had been recovered."
37-year-old Somefun, also disclosed that Israel engaged him to plan
the robbery. He, however, added that he did not participate in the
operation.
He said, “I am a sculptor. My friend, Seyi, who is working at
the factory, asked me to arrange some boys to rob his boss. He said he
was broke. I contacted BJ, who invited two of his friends. But I was not
around on the day they went for the operation. We did not have the
intention to harm the man. We only wanted to get some money from him.”
Robinson, a father of two children, stated that he had planned to use his share of the robbery proceed to start a business.
He said, “I was a commercial driver. I lost the job some months
ago and met with BJ to help me get another job. He asked me to come to
his house in Badagry. When I visited him, he told me that he and some
people were planning a robbery operation at a sachet water factory in
Igando and he asked me to join them.
“He said if we succeeded in the operation, I would get enough
money to start a business. But unfortunately, I was arrested that
evening. I want the police to have mercy on me. I have never
participated in this kind of thing before.”
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