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.
It was 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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