A suspected armed
robbery kingpin whose gang allegedly k**led four policemen in an
operation recently has explained why they were able to perform the feat.
Oluwole, a.k.a Omoba told Crime Watch at the police headquarters,
Ikeja, Lagos that they usually overpower men of the Nigeria Police
during gun battle because “we always have enough arms and ammunition."
"We were always
armed to the teeth. You see, the police have limited arms and ammunition
that they carry about but for us, we always have more than enough.”
According to Omoba,
he started armed robbery five years ago and his gang had been
successful except recently when they stormed Victoria Garden City (VGC)
and met unusual resistance from the police.
“I think, we had
been very successful for the past five years. We had robbed in many
Southern states until the recent robbery at VGC where two of our members
were killed. It was on March 24, the police opened fire on us. The
gunshots were from back, front and the two sides. I managed to escaped
but Paul and AY were k**led.
“It was not like
that in other states. [In some areas] when we fire back at police, they
used to run for their lives, but these Lagos policemen were shooting and
shooting that I asked my men to shoot their ways out. I was shocked
with the kind of shooting I experienced that day.
"In fact, since the
encounter with the police, I have not gone for any robbery operation. I
am still in shock, I wonder why the police were still trailing me,” he
said.
On why he chosed
Ajah and Lekki axis for operations, he said, “I think you know that
people don’t keep money at home as they used to do. If we operate in
places like Agege, Ejigbo and Ketu, how much can we find in a home? But,
in Lekki, VGC and part of Ajah, we have rich men that still keep
reasonable amount of money in their homes. My brother, we have to use
our brain to work.”
Parading Omoba and
three other members of his gang, Lagos Commissioner of Police, Umar
Manko, said that on April 11, 2013, during a follow up to the robbery
operation at VGC, the officer in charge of the Special Anti Robbery
Squad (SARS) Abba Kyari and his team arrested two armed robbery
suspects. He said Alpha Uche who was shot dead during encounter with
police and one Ibrahim Akanbi confessed.
The CP warned
criminals, especially armed robbers, to leave the state or risked the
wrath of the police. “Whether the criminals operate in another state and
run to Lagos, we don’t want it, as we will fish them out", he declared.
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