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FESTAC Bank Robbery Suspect Arrested With 86 Bullets (Photo)
Posted by George on Tue 15th Dec, 2015 - tori.ngOne of the suspects of the ill-fated FESTAC bank robbery operation that led to the death of a woman and her months old baby has been apprehended by the men of the Lagos State Police Command.
The arrested suspects
The police in Lagos have arrested a suspect, Akiri-Kemepamini Wisdom, who allegedly participated in the bank robbery in the FESTAC Town area of the state on Tuesday, October 13, according to the Punch.
It was learnt that the 32-year-old suspect and one Diokoro Chinedu, were apprehended by the Igando Police Division last Tuesday along the LASU-Iba Road, while 86 bullets and an AK-49 rifle were recovered from them.
It was learnt that the 32-year-old suspect and one Diokoro Chinedu, were apprehended by the Igando Police Division last Tuesday along the LASU-Iba Road, while 86 bullets and an AK-49 rifle were recovered from them.
On Wednesday, October 14, the robbery gang stormed two commercial banks in the FESTAC Town area, during which a mother and her child were shot dead.
According to the police, Kemepamini-Wisdom and Chinedu, who were on an unregistered motorcycle, were arrested during a stop-and-search, while a third suspect, also on the motorcycle, escaped. A bag was said to have been recovered from them.
It was gathered that apart from the ammunition and the rifle, other items found in the bag were a Nigerian Army cap, a T-shirt with the inscription, ‘Gallant Patrol’, and the sum of N134,675.
Speaking with a correspondent, Wisdom, who hails from the Ese Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State, said he and the runaway suspect were given an instruction by their boss, identified simply as TK , to take the bag to a man, whose name he claimed not to know.
He said, “I am a fisherman. It was my friend, Kinikini , who carried the bag. We were told by our boss to deliver the bag to another man. I am an errand boy to the gang leader. He and his boys stay in the creeks. He has many guns and I do not know how many he uses for operation.
“They usually give me about N4,000 for such delivery. Now that I have been arrested, I know I am dead because they will be trailing me thinking I have leaked their secrets to the police.”
According to the police, Kemepamini-Wisdom and Chinedu, who were on an unregistered motorcycle, were arrested during a stop-and-search, while a third suspect, also on the motorcycle, escaped. A bag was said to have been recovered from them.
It was gathered that apart from the ammunition and the rifle, other items found in the bag were a Nigerian Army cap, a T-shirt with the inscription, ‘Gallant Patrol’, and the sum of N134,675.
Speaking with a correspondent, Wisdom, who hails from the Ese Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State, said he and the runaway suspect were given an instruction by their boss, identified simply as TK , to take the bag to a man, whose name he claimed not to know.
He said, “I am a fisherman. It was my friend, Kinikini , who carried the bag. We were told by our boss to deliver the bag to another man. I am an errand boy to the gang leader. He and his boys stay in the creeks. He has many guns and I do not know how many he uses for operation.
“They usually give me about N4,000 for such delivery. Now that I have been arrested, I know I am dead because they will be trailing me thinking I have leaked their secrets to the police.”
Chinedu, however, denied being aware of the contents of the bag, saying he was just a victim of circumstances. The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, who paraded the suspects, said they were assisting the police with investigations.
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