Three members of a 5-man robbery gang Tope Oyeleye, aka Elede; Abiola Yekini and Yusuf Olohuntoba, aka Ete
, were arrested on Monday by policemen attached to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of Agbado Police Division.
It was gathered that Elede and Ramoni, had robbed some houses in
Owonikoko and Ayinla areas around 2am on Monday, where they stole money
and phones, among other household items.
They were said to have met on a street in Ayinla to
share their loot when an argument ensued among them over how to share
the loot.
A resident on the street reportedly saw them and called the police, who quickly got tot eh area and arrested three of them.
Items recovered from them include 16 phones, one DVD player, two
cut-to-size guns with a live cartridge, two spanners, a burglar proof
cutter, among others.
Twenty-one-year old
Elede, who hails from Ekiti State, confessed to the crime. He said:
“I was initially selling cannabis, but I joined a robbery gang three
years ago when I was not making enough money from the drug. We were
seven in number bearing Oyenusi; I am Oyenusi 07. We robbed a banker of
N7m early this year around RAFCO, Agbado. We killed him because he
confronted us. I got N650,000 in that operation. The six others have
been killed.
“We were six in the Monday night operation. I was given four phones and a
sum of N2,000 as my share. There was an argument between Ramon, Sule,
J.J, Absorber and I over the sharing formula. We were on it when the
policemen came. Ete was not involved but he is my friend.”
Yekini, a 28-year-old indigene of Ibadan, said:
“I was introduced to the gang by a friend called Anu when I told him I
needed N24,000 to pay my shop rent. I tried in vain to borrow the money
from my neighbours.
“This is my first operation and my role was to stay outside to watch for
other members robbing residents. I collected the four phones and N500
they gave me without arguing with them. I really regret what I did.”
Ete, who is a cobbler, said he was not a robber, adding that he was just a friend of
Elede. However, the police said his fate would be determined after the investigation.
The Ogun State Police spokesperson, DSP Muyiwa Adejobi, confirmed the
arrest. He said the suspects would be transferred to the State Criminal
Investigation Department, Eleweran, for further investigation.
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Title : Robbers arrested while arguing over how to share their loot
Description : Three members of a 5-man robbery gang Tope Oyeleye, aka Elede; Abiola Yekini and Yusuf Olohuntoba, aka Ete , were arrested on Monday by p...
