Nemesis caught up with
a suspected member of a notorious robbery gang, Olumide Asiyanbi, as the Oyo
State police command caught up with him while exchanging marital vows at a
marriage registry in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital.
Asiyanbi presently in police custody said he joined the gang a year ago and
that he had taken part in 10 robbery operations during which he fired gun shots
at their victims.
“I was arrested on my
wedding day. I met the gang leader, James Agba, last year. He told me that he
knew how we could be getting regular money. He then initiated me into the gang.
I have taken part in at least 10 operations since I joined them.
“We used gun but I
don’t know where James was buying them. Sulaimon and Alhaji, who are also in
the gang, know how the guns were bought for our operations. I have fired shots
at our targets but none was killed,” he said.
Thisday gathered that
another gang member simply identified as Agba who hailed from Delta State said
he purchased some of the guns from one Emeka in Abuja.
But Asiyanbi, who hails
from Ile-Ife in Osun State, said he was at the marriage registry when the long
hands of the law caught up with him. He was suspected be a member of a
six-man-robbery gang who operated in Challenge area of Ibadan on April 23,
2015.
Speaking on the
development, the state Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Katsina, said the
robbers, which included a 62-year-old Ghanaian, had terrorised many residents
of the area with guns and other weapons.
The
Ghanaian, Joseph Mate, said he was a security man in Ajibade area of Ibadan and
that he had been living in Nigeria for many years. The commissioner said all
the suspects would be charged to court.
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