The nabbed leader of the Agbara, Ogun state bank robbery has revealed how the missing DSS operatives were killed by his gang during an operation by the security outfit.
Armed robbery suspect, Kelly Fotor
Leader of the dreaded gang of bank robbers which had been terrorising commercial banks in Lagos and Ogun states in military uniforms has disclosed that his gang never intended to kill
nine officials of the Department of State Service, DSS, who went missing last September, according to the Vanguard.
The suspect, identified as Kelly Fotor, an Ijaw native of Arugbo, Ondo State, was
arrested last Saturday by operatives of the Inspector General of Police's Special Intelligence Response Team, SIRT, at a wedding ceremony in Sapele, Delta State. He made a shocking confession about having a hand in the death of the officials of the DSS whose corpses were allegedly not found.
It was learnt that the suspect, who was at the ceremony with some armed men, had a gun duel with the operatives which led to the killing of one of the policemen, while Fotor and three of his colleagues, were arrested with bullet wounds.
It was gathered that the SIRT operatives, led by CSP, Abba Kyari, who had been on the trail of the gang, trailed Fotor to the wedding ceremony after their last operation at Agbara area of Ogun State where they robbed a bank. He sustained a bullet wound and was transported to the hospital for treatment.
On how they killed the nine DSS officials, Fotor told reporters that as commanders of the groups, he and one colleague named Ossy never intended to kill the operatives when they were captured. He explained that the operatives stormed their hideout wanting to rescue a woman who they abducted from Festac.
He said:
“One of our boys who was heavily drunk met us while we were interrogating the suspects after we captured them and he opened fire on them.
‘’I was at their camp at Ikorodu when the DSS operatives were captured and they brought them before me and Ossy and they knelt down and we interrogated them, but that guy, he was Ossy’s man. He was very drunk, walked in and without asking questions opened fire on all of them and killed them. Neither myself nor Ossy ordered their killing, we never wanted to kill them,”