Onyenge Osanie, Azuka Eboh, Ezelonwu Michael and Afolabi
Shakiru are armed robbery suspects who allegedly specialise in looting shops
and stealing from some phone dealers at the Alaba International Market in Lagos.
They were apprehended by men of the Lagos State Police Command
on December 20, 2014. Other members of the 10-man gang are still at large.
Read the shocking revelation of one of the suspects, 35 year
old father of three, Onyenge Osanie:
"We usually work with phone dealers in the market who
specialise in selling stolen phones. When we steal, they sell, and they then
settle us. But later on, some of them defaulted, and we attacked their shops.
It was not as if we robbed them, we only came to ask for our money. On
that day, we had taken only 10 phones before the police apprehended us. I had
initially escaped, but two gang members who were caught at the scene later brought
the police to arrest me.”
According to another gang member, 27-year-old Eboh:
“What we learnt
initially was that a market chairman was coming to give out money but he later
failed to show up. That was when we decided to deal with the traders. When we
got to the shops, we broke their glasses and carted away expensive phones. I
joined the gang because I did not have a job. I have been living in hardship
with my family.”
And from 22 year old Michael who claims to be an ex truck
driver:
“I was working as a truck driver before I met them. I had
gone out with the gang on three occasions to rob in the market. We only took
advantage of the commotion of the market to rob them. It was not deliberate,”
Police Public Relations officer, DSP Kenneth Nwosu while
confirming their arrest, said investigation is going on the matter.
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