Suspect confesses to giving mother, sister N65,000 out of robbery share
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a member of a four-man robbery gang, Offor Joseph after allegedly robbing a Lebanese man.
Offor was arrested alongside another member of the gang, Chinedu Ogu.
Offor confessed that he gave his mother N50,000 from his share of the N900,000 he made from his first operation as an armed robber.
“This is my third robbery operation. In the first operation, we made N900,000 and I got N200,000 as my share. I used the first money I made to take care of some pressing family issues and gave my mother N50,000; sister N15,000,” he said.
“We received information that a Lebanese man had gone to one of the new generation banks in Satellite town to withdraw a huge sum of money.
“We have an informant, who pretends to be carrying out transaction in the bank, but whose job is to monitor individuals that withdraw large sums. I think it is insider’s connection.”
The second suspect, Chinedu Ogu said: “I haven’t made anything from the operations. The first time they gave me only N40,000. They usually take the lion share and give me peanuts. I am married with three kids. My wife doesn’t know that I am into robbery.”
A pistol, four live ammunition, bag containing N350,000, ATM cards and cheques were recovered from them.
The police say Offor and Chinedu would be charged to court soon.
