The suspects confessed to being responsible
for series of operations around Ikorodu area of
the state. However, one of them, Isaac
Ogbonna, blamed his resort to crime on his
inability to raise money for his ailing sister’s
medical bill.
The 27-year-old Ogbonna, who lamented that
his business folded as a result of the
economic recession, said: “I could not stand
and watch my elder sister die. I have been
living with her since I came back from Enugu,
after my business folded up.
“She has been sick and I had donated blood
twice, yet the sickness persisted. At first we
brought in a nurse who treated her and
collected N9,000. But there was no
improvement. We had to take her to the
hospital where we were told to deposit
N20,000.
“I approached one of my friends, Ishola Dede,
(pointing to his partner in crime), who assured
me that he would help me raise the money
because my sister had once shown him
kindness.
“He introduced me to two other persons,
Ishola and Sadiq, at a drinking joint. Our plan
was to attack any house that still has its
power generating set on after midnight.
“Last Monday, we stormed a house at
Ogolonto; we jumped the fence and put off
the power generating set. A man came out
with a torch light to inspect what was wrong
and we pointed a gun at him and followed him
into his apartment.
“We collected laptops, phones and N80,000.
As we were about leaving, Sadiq requested for
the car keys, but we told him to forget about
it since it was not part of the plan.
“Our plan was to raid about 10 houses. But he
insisted and went away with the car, saying
the amount would cover what we would get in
10 houses.
“Next day, he told us to meet at a hotel and
that he had sold the car, unknown to us
policemen had traced the car through the
tracking device.
“Unfortunately, I was told this morning, after I
was arrested, that my sister died a day before.
All my efforts have been in vain.”
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