police officers in robbery

Police officers in armed robbery.
The increasing cases of security officers involvement in crime in the country calls for concern. This follows the arrest on January 3rd of two coporals attached to the abbotior police division in Lagos. The crooked officers allegedly masterminded four robbery operations in the state .
The officers who had since been tried amd dismissed under the police orderly room are identified as Abya Cashe 36 and Isaac Abel 39.
The dismissed officers among nine other suspects were arrested by officers attached to the State Special Anti-robbery Squad led by Assistant Superintendent of police Ade Adetaramin Adegbehin .
The suspects had successfully robbed a lawyer and his family at Lambassa area of the state where they also allegedly raped the victim’s wife after they forcefully gained entry into the premises about 1.0clock.
The lawyer was also brutally wounded as the gang used matchete to slash his head and his arm.
In their confessional statement to the police , the crooked officers blamed their involvement in the crime on the devil.
Abya said
“it is not as if I do not have salary but the devil pushed me to enter armed robbery, I the one who gave them the guns they used for armed robbery. I got to know the gang through one ogechi. Ogechi is my neighbour at Agege so he told me about the gang and I become the obe supllying them eith gun, I have given them gun for four robbery ooeratuon but I did not go with them in their last ioeratuon at lambasa ; I told another caporal abel to go with them and when they came back, they gave me a laptop and a wristwatch.; I feel bad about my involvement in the crime it is the devil’s handiwork”
Isaac said he was lured into armed robbery by Abya- he also blame the devil.
“ I have participated in two robbery ioperations with the gang. Abya was the one who gave me gun to excort the robbers to where they roobed . in that oeratuon last year, we went to a boutique at apapa where we stole jeans, shirts , and other valuble , this lasy ine we went a lambassa ut was also abya that gave me his gun, I feel bad about the crime , I was not threatened nor is it because I lack money but it is just devil that push me into armed robbery— bad friends like Abya also influenced me but I blame myself for listening to him” Isaac said .
The other suspects include Emmauel effiong 29, Mike Noah 36, Ratty Edet 28, Momodu Lawal 26, Ogechi Sunday, 31,Josiah oriabura 38, Uchenna okorie 23, Abdulraza Aliyu 29, and adamu Garuba
Ratty Edet is alleged to be tge brain behind recruiting gang members and pointing out victims to be attacked . he confessed to the crime stating “ I was working as a solar energy contractor but I was not properly renumerated , I had to survive so that was how I went into armed robbery. I liaase with ogechi to recruit other members but it was the police coporal that provide us with the guns;when we went for the robbery at lambas, the gang wanted to rape a lady but I stoped them, I felt pity for her and I don’t know what came over me to collect her number; after the operation, I called her and that was how the police trailed me and arrested me and other gang.”Ratty said .
Josiah a father of one said opoverty led him into armed robbery. “ I am married and I have a daughter but it became difficult for me to eat despite the fact that I have school certificate and a college of technical education certificate. I was frustrated and started driving commercial bus, but I stuill could not fend for my family; my wife started bothering me and it was ogechi that introduce me to atmed robbery; I have robbed with them thre times and I got only n20,0000 in all the operation. I feel bad about everything , I wish I had not met ogechi or br poor” Josiah said .
The SARS ofricers recovered to guns, matchete and othet dangerous items from the gang however the police said they are on the trail of the buyer of the stolen cars and other items by the gang . The said suspect got wind of the other suspect’s arrest following a newpaper publication of the arrest of four members of the gang. He is said to be in possession of seven exotic cars and other valuables .
A police source who requested anonmty said “ we arrested eleven suspects in three days and thuer confession indicted a car dealer but before we could storm his house he called a syusopect and said he had escape following a newspaper publication about the arrest we made ; it is sad that we were not allowed to conclude our invrstugatuon before the story was published now the major suspect has escape with seven cars but we are ob his trail and we will arrest him” the source said .it can be recalled that four police officers attached to the MOPOL20 squadron in the state masterminded seies of robbery opertuons iun the state since 2010 but they were arrested at a check point late last year and have s8ince been arraigned .