One of the two-man robbery gang arrested by
the operatives of Rapid Response Squad
(RRS) of Lagos State Police Command for
allegedly robbing a 81 year old lady in her
apartment, has confessed that his ringleader,
an herbalist, now at large, masterminded the
crime..
The suspect, Segun Taiwo, was apprehended
after they had successfully dispossessed the
81-year old lady of her valuable at Oduduwa
Street, Itire, Lagos.
The duo had collected $10,000, £5,000, an
N100,000 and a box containing assorted
jewelry from their victim at about 8:00 p.m
over the weekend.
While confessing at the RRS’s Headquarters,
Taiwo disclosed that he was only invited into
the robbery by the herbalist, who promised to
give him 50 percent from the loot.
While explaining how they got clue before
carrying out the operation, he explained, "the
mastermind is an herbalist. He was treating
one of the woman's daughters (name
withheld) who had sore in her right foot…
Whenever the lady visited him for treatment,
he was always stylishly collecting
information about her mother from her…
Unknowingly to the lady, he had collected all
necessary descriptions and information
needed to perpetuate the robbery…. After a
while, he told me that we have a special
operation. He further told me that his patient
(the woman's daughter) must not be aware
because we were going to their house to rob
her mother."
The suspect also told investigator that, the
herbalist knew exact time to strike the house,
the description of the apartment, where the
woman's money and other valuables were
kept following the information gotten from
her daughter.
According to him, "we carried out the
robbery successfulllly. We gained
entrance into the two-storey building
and headed straight to the old
woman’s flat…. From our preliminary
investigation, we got to know that the
first flat opposite the entrance gate
was theirs. We went straight inside
the flat without any stress…. We met
the 81 year old woman while sitting
on the prayer’s mat inside the living
room. We dragged and threatened her
with cutlass and axe to surrender all
her belongings including foreign
currencies with her or else we will
waste her life.”
The suspected robber explained that the old
woman cooperated with them and handed
over a bag filled with both Nigeria and
foreign currencies.
"We also forcefully collected her gold
jewelry box…. However, on our way
out, we overheard the voice of the old
woman who was crying and shouting
for help…. Unknowingly to us, RRS
operatives who were patrolling the
area have overheard her voice. As we
were rushing out to escape from the
house, the operatives sighted us and
we took to our heels…. Immediately,
the policemen made a hot chase
which led to my arrest and my
accomplice managed to escape with
the local and foreign currencies while
the jewelry box was retrieved from
me," the suspect revealed.
The suspect also disclosed that they had
before now, robbed one innocent man
along Okota Road of his Two Hundred
Thousand Naira (N200,000.00).
“My gang leader is a very powerful
herbalist. He knows when you have
money on you. The first day I followed
him to rob was a day when we went to
Okota Road. On getting there, he saw
one man along Okota Road, and he
pointed at the man and told me the
man had money on him…. We moved
closer to the man and he recited some
incantations, and to my surprise, that
man handed over his money, about
Two Hundred Thousand Naira, to us.
Out of that money, he gave me just
Eleven Thousand Naira (N11,
000.00),” he added.
While confirming the arrest, the State Police
Public Relations Officer (PPRO),
Superintendent of Police, SP Dolapo Badmus,
said that the command is making effort to
arrest the gang leader, added that Police will
leave no stone unturned to nip crimes at bud
in the state. The suspect has been
transferred to Special Anti-Robbery Squad
(SARS) for further investigation.
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