Senator’s Son Arrested For Armed Robbery In Abuja

The son of Senator Femi Kila from Ekiti State has been arrested in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, for his involvement in armed robbery operation in the city. Identified as Ola Kila, he was said to have led a gang of armed robbers to rob a Colonel at Mbora Estate by Jabi District of Abuja, where the Colonel's AK-47 and other valuable items were removed. But Ola Kila denied participating in the robbery, saying it was one Igbo boy... According to police sources, operatives of the Special Anti Robbery Squad, working on a tip-off arrested him and while a search was conducted in his house around Life Camp area in Abuja, 16 live cartridges and some other incriminating exhibits were recovered from the suspect’s house. During interrogation, it was discovered that the suspect allegedly belong to a notorious armed robbery gang that has been terrorizing the FCT and its environs. But Ola Kila insisted that his friend, an Igbo boy, whom he knew to be a member of a robbery gang brought the gun and the cartridges to his house and that the boy has gone back to the East with the intention of bringing more arms and ammunition. He disclosed that the said Igbo boy brought two laptops robbed at gun point to him, which he sold to buyers in the popular GSM Village, Abuja. He also alleged that the said Igbo boy robbed a man at Life Camp and shot him sometimes in May this year. Ola Kila and another suspect have been remanded in prison by Karu Area Magistrate Court pending further investigation and the arrest of the said Igbo boy.