A robbery
suspect, Adeleke Rasaq, said the harsh economic condition in the country had
affected their operations, adding that there was no money in the country.
Rasak was arrested
along with an accomplice, Lucky John, on Sunday, by operatives of the Rapid
Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command in the Abule Egba area of the
state.
The suspects were said
to have been terrorising residents of Abule Egba, Agege, Fagba and Egbeda areas
of the state before they met their Waterloo.
Rasak, who resigned as
a factory worker, confessed to the police that he became a ‘one –chance’ robber
to survive.
He said, “John and I
lived in Badagry. Every day, we go to Abule Egba, Agege, Fagba, Egbeda to
operate. As soon as we make enough money, we retire for the day. I teamed up
with John because picking people’s pockets is not easy. We had to team up to
make more money to survive.
“We don’t make much
money like before. The present economic condition in the country has greatly
affected ‘one-chance’ robbery; everywhere is dry. Since Monday, we have been
sharing N20,000, N30,000 and N40,000. Before, when I operate alone, I could
make close to N150,000. Now, things are difficult.”
Rasak said he resigned
from the factory where he worked after he noticed that his friends in the
Ajegunle area were living large.
“It has been six years
since I joined this gang. We don’t call it robbery, we call it hustling,” he
added.
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