A suspect, Farayola Oladimeji, who was paraded by the Oyo State
Police Command recently stunned everyone when asked about the source of
the gun he was using for robbery and he replied that it was given to him
by his friend who goes by the name ‘Jesus’.
The 29-year-old
Ogbomoso-born man, described as a one-man squad armed robber, was
arrested by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Oyo/Ogbomoso axis,
following a tip-off on his alleged criminal activities, which included
snatching of motorcycles and dispossessing students of their phones and
other valuables.
The state’s Police Public Relations Officer,
Olabisi Okuwobi-Ilobanafor told Crime Reports that after the suspect’s
arrest, two unregistered Bajaj motorcycles and one cut-to-size
locally-made pistol, nine live cartridges and different types of
handsets were recovered from him.
Oladimeji, who confessed to the
crime, said he was into the sale of motorcycle parts until he fell
victim to okada snatchers in 2011. The suspect said that the experience
made him to decide to ply the same business to make money. Narrating the
event he claimed led him to robbery, Oladimeji said: “I got a
motorcycle to work with, with the agreement that I would pay for it
instalmentally.
“The okada was collected from me by someone who
posed as a passenger. I paid the money back with much difficulty so I
decided to start doing what was done to me. My operational method was to
ride on an okada as a passenger. Whenever we got to a lonely place, I
would ask the okada rider to stop and would pull out a gun, asking for
the key of the motorcycle.
“I have snatched four motorcycles
through that method. My friend, whose name is ‘Jesus’, gave me the gun. I
was also using it to dispossess students of Ladoke Akintola Univeristy
of Technology of their mobile phones. I met the students in a class and
robbed them.”
Oladimeji disclosed that he started his operation in
2013. “I dismantled two of the motorcycles and sold them in parts while
I was using two for myself. I got about N30,000 from the sale of the
parts.”
The PPRO said that the suspect would soon be charged to court.
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