A four-man robbery gang that had allegedly been terrorising
residents of the Ikorodu area of Lagos State has been arrested by Anti-Robbery
Squad of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Yaba. The
suspects include, Akin Ayotunde, Isaac Ogbonna, Sola Dede and Sodiq Lawal, who specialised
in lurking around houses at night and switching off their victims’ generators
before attacking them.
However, things changed for them last Thursday when they
were arrested after invading the apartment of one Bello Hakeem in the Igbe
area.
The suspects after spending six hours in the victim’s
duplex, went away with his car, generator, money, phones, Automated Teller
Machine cards, modems, laptops and cash. They also stole his wife’s jewellery
and withdrew N100,000 using one of the ATM cards.
Hakeem said that around 11.09pm on Tuesday, he observed that
his generator suddenly went off and he asked two of his children to go outside
and fix the problem. He said about five minutes after they left, they were
forced back into the house by four men, who were armed with knives.
The armed men forced them to cooperate as they searched the
house stole three laptops, six phones, three ATM cards, a new 3.5KVA generator,
one 75alms battery, two modems, jewellery, cash, and a Toyota Corolla car. They
left after holding the family hostage for six hours.
Hakeem, an environmental scientist, said he reported the
incident at the Ijede Police Station, adding that the suspects were able to
withdraw N100,000 from his First Bank account before he deactivated all the
stolen ATM cards.
He said two days after the incident, a friend called him
that a car that looked like his own had been put up for sale.
He said operatives from the SCIID, Yaba, were alerted and
the suspects were rounded up.
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