Robbers Arrested While Arguing Over How To Share Their Loot (Photo)

Three members of a 5-man robbery gang Tope Oyeleye,
aka Elede; Abiola Yekini and Yusuf Olohuntoba, aka Ete ,
were arrested on Monday by policemen attached to the
Special Anti-Robbery Squad of Agbado Police Division.
It was gathered that Elede and Ramoni, had robbed some
houses in Owonikoko and Ayinla areas around 2am on
Monday, where they stole money and phones, among
other household items.
They were said to have met on a street in Ayinla to share
their loot when an argument ensued among them over
how to share the loot.
A resident on the street reportedly saw them and called
the police, who quickly got tot eh area and arrested three
of them.
Items recovered from them include 16 phones, one DVD
player, two cut-to-size guns with a live cartridge, two
spanners, a burglar proof cutter, among others.
Twenty-one-year old Elede, who hails from Ekiti State,
confessed to the crime.
He said:
“I was initially selling cannabis, but I joined a robbery
gang three years ago when I was not making enough
money from the drug.
We were seven in number bearing Oyenusi; I am
Oyenusi 07. We robbed a banker of N7m early this year
around RAFCO, Agbado.
We killed him because he confronted us. I got N650,000
in that operation. The six others have been killed.
“We were six in the Monday night operation. I was given
four phones and a sum of N2,000 as my share.
There was an argument between Ramon, Sule, J.J,
Absorber and I over the sharing formula. We were on it
when the policemen came. Ete was not involved but he is
my friend.”
Yekini, a 28-year-old indigene of Ibadan, said:
“I was introduced to the gang by a friend called Anu
when I told him I needed N24,000 to pay my shop rent. I
tried in vain to borrow the money from my neighbours.
“This is my first operation and my role was to stay
outside to watch for other members robbing residents. I
collected the four phones and N500 they gave me without
arguing with them. I really regret what I did.”
Ete, who is a cobbler, said he was not a robber, adding
that he was just a friend of Elede. However, the police
said his fate would be determined after the investigation.
The Ogun State Police spokesperson, DSP Muyiwa
Adejobi, confirmed the arrest. He said the suspects would
be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation
Department, Eleweran, for further investigation.
Source: PunchNg