We Lay Siege at ATM Points to Rob People - Armed Robber Reveals How They Rob Innocent People at Banks

Posted by Thandiubani on Mon 20th Feb, 2017 - tori.ng

A notorious armed robber has narrated how he robs innocent people of their hard-earned money by positioning at bank ATMs.

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A suspected armed robber Gbenga Babatunde has revealed the tactics he uses to rob innocent people who come to Automated Teller Machine point in Alaba Rago Market, Ojo Lagos state before robbing them of their hard earned money.

He was arrested by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command.

The police said the 25-year-old was arrested after a failed attempt to rob a woman who had withdrawn money from an Automated Teller Machine point in Alaba Rago Market, Ojo, Lagos State, according to Punch.

Also, the police police allegedly recovered a locally-made shotgun with two cartridges from the suspect.

“We gathered that he was not alone. He had an accomplice, who managed to escape after the botched operation,” a policeman said.

While confessing, the robber confessed that he joined armed robbery about two years ago.

He said, “I have been in the crime since I met Samson (the accomplice) at a joint in Alaba two years ago. Since then, we have been working together. We have robbed about 35 people. What we usually did was to get to any ATM point by 4am and hide.

“As soon as our victims collected the money, we usually accosted them and would collect the money and escape. The largest money we collected was N40,000. Yesterday (Saturday), we collected N12,500.

“This morning (Sunday), we wanted to collect money from a lady and she ran away. We thought she had gone, not knowing that she went to inform the RRS. That was around 5am. They arrested me, but my partner escaped.”

Also recovered from the suspect was a First Bank MasterCard, belonging to one Iweka Christopher Uchenna, and a Diamond Bank debit card, owned by one Nkechi Esther Idoko.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, said, “The case has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department.”