I Use Explosives to Catch Fish - Suspected Robber Claims (Photo)

 

A suspected bank robber, Aitlabor Gelebele, who was arrested with explosives by the Ogun State Police Command, has said he is not a bank robber but a fisherman.

He told journalists while being paraded that he uses the explosives to kill large number of fish in the river and then sell them, according the Punch.

According to the police authorities, Gelebele and three others Moses Demene, Friday Saborom and Mohammadu Kaidiri were arrested while planning to rob a bank in the Ijebu Ode area of the state.

The Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Finance and Administration, Celestine Okoye, said the suspected robbers were arrested last month with four explosive devices and connection wires.

He explained that bank robbers usually use explosive devices to blast bank security doors. But Gelebele denied any knowledge of the robbery operation, explaining that the explosives were used for fishing in Delta State before Demene called him that he was ready to pay N150, 000 for the devices.

According to him, he agreed to sell the explosives because he needed money to take care of his pregnant wife.

He said, “I normally use the explosives for fishing by putting the explosives in the water and then connect them to wires.

“When the explosives go off, they shock the fish to death and I catch them.”