The suspects identified as Fatai Balogun, Wale Akinjobi and Gbenga
Kolawole during interrogation, confessed to have come all the way from
Ogun state to operate.
A source, who craved anonymity told Crime
Alert that the police launched a manhunt for the gang after Pasuma’s
encounter, during which they were intercepted.
The gang, as gathered, also attacked
a wealthy man
in Iju Ishaga area of Lagos,where they robbed him of N500,000, his
mobile phones and other valuables. After the operation, one of them,
Wale who resides around the area reportedly dug a hole at the back of
his compound where he buried his weapon.
But unknown to him, a
resident said to have sighted him, alerted the police who quickly
arrested him and transferred him to the SARS.During interrogation, Wale
reportedly confessed that his gang robbed Pasuma of his Range Rover
Sport Utility Vehicle,
SUV, and an unspecified amount of money, four months ago in Lagos. His
confessional statement, as gathered, led to the arrest of other
suspected members.
Fatai Balogun, told Crime Alert that leader of the gang, Ade, got the highest share from Pasuma’s loot.
“He was the one who searched Pasuma and collected money from
him. But nobody knew the amount he got. Few days later, he bought a
Toyota Camry car with the loot but gave us peanuts. I have gone on
several operations with Ade. One of them was at Ajah area where we
snatched a car at gun point along Epe road. We did that operation with
Ade’s car but we had a little problem on the road after Ade ran into a
ditch. We had to abandon the car when policemen came looking for us but
Ade later sent a towing vehicle to retrieve the car.
Wale
brought the job that landed me in trouble. He told me there was a
rich man who lives in his area, that he would want me to follow him
execute the job because he does not have the expertise to do it. I
accepted because the job was an easy one, as there won’t be much
huddles getting inside. We were three in number that went for the
operation.
I took N120,000 and gave Wale and Gbenga their share. I sold the
laptops we took from the man for N40,000 each and at the end, I
relocated to my base in Abeokuta, Ogun State. I don’t know how Wale
mishandled the gun he used for the operation, which led to his being
sighted by one of his neighbors,”he stated.
Culled from Vanguard
