It was gathered that the victim cooperated with the thieves by submitting all he had on him, as requested by them, but the marauders still shot him
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He said he was just living in the same compound with the suspects.
However, one of the suspects, Okwudili, who was described as a serial robber, said that Suleiman was aware of their robbery operations and had allegedly benefited many times from the stolen items they brought for him after operations as a mark of appreciation
NAN learnt that there had been complaints of increase in cases of robbery attacks on residents of Jalingo in recent times
Waheed claimed to have been the person who actually flung the baby against the wall, explaining that the baby’s mother was shaking too much while trying to hand over jewelry and money to them, thus wasting the gang’s valuable time
It was gathered that Nwoauzuru left his house at 53/55, Adetola Street, Aguda, Surulere earlier on Sunday March 24, 2013 at about 4pm to attend a prayer meeting at Agboju, around Festac area, Lagos State
The robbers, who engaged the police in a shootout that lasted over an hour, succeeded in taking away yet to be disclosed amount of money
Among the suspects presently in police custody is one Pastor Ibikunle Olanrewaju John, the General Overseer of The Way of Joy’ church.
The residents said six houses on Jones, Britt, Iyan-Agan and behind the DPC and Railway lines, opposite the Mainland Hotel at Oyingbo, have been raided by the “men in black” recently
A statement on Thursday by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria was, however, silent on the dead policemen and the numerous persons injured
It was gathered that the boy overheard the conversation between the armed men and his mother and decided to confront the robbers, pleading with them not to take all the cash from his mother as his parents are yet to pay his school fees but the robbers shot him when he persisted
Mr. Manko assured residents of the police command determination to stamp out criime from the state. The police boss also confirmed that the gang confessed to “killing several police men within Lagos,Ogun and Ekiti states”
Arms and ammunition recovered included 12 AK-47 riffles, one general purpose machine gun, 111 AK-47 rifle magazines, 5,922 rounds of 7.62MM live AK-47 riffle ammunition. Others included four GPMG Chain bullet with 400 rounds of live ammunition loaded, 219 unloaded live ammunition and 180 .9MM live ammunition
Residents said the robbers, numbering over 20, arrived the estate at about 12:30am in four vehicles, with sophisticated weapons
In the Surulere incident, two policemen – a Corporal and an Inspector – allegedly died when the robbers, who had laid ambush, opened fire on their patrol vehicle
It was gathered that the incident happened on Sunday morning when the youth in Mushin were said to have rounded up five suspected armed robbers in their neighbourhood and burnt them to death
It was learnt that the three policemen killed in Abeokuta ran into the armed robbers, numbering about 15 as they were raiding The Apostolic Church in Ijemo-Agbadu area of the state capital.
The Commissioner, Lagos State Police Command, Umar Manko, said the suspects were arrested following intelligence policing by the command