A robbery suspect has confessed to being an expert in robbing ATM users in Alaba Rago Market, Ojo area of Lagos
Gbenga Babatunde, a 25-year old armed robbery suspect has confessed to robbing ATM users in Lagos state.
He
told operatives of the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police
Command how his gang robbed about 35 Automated Teller Machine users in
Alaba Rago Market, Ojo area of Lagos, the police said.
Babatunde was arrested after his failure to rob a lady around 5:48 a.m. at an ATM point in Alaba Rago Market
Gbenga Babatunde, who was arrested by the
operatives patrolling the area was caught with a ‘cut-to-size’ locally
made short gun with two live cartridges.
It was learnt that the suspect was not operating alone.
He was said to have an accomplice whose name was given as Samson Baba Ramadan.
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In
a statement on Sunday, the police said the suspect had an accomplice
whose name was given as Samson Baba Ramadan, 28, who managed to escape
after the botched operation.
According to the police, Babatunde has confessed to the crime.
He said: “I
have been in the crime since I met my colleague, Samson Baba Ramadan. I
met him at Field Joint, Alaba, two years ago and since then we have
been working together,” said Mr. Babatunde.
“We
have robbed about 35 people together. We would have gotten to the ATM
point by 4:00 a.m. We would hide inside the shop that is not open beside
the ATM point.”
According to Premium
Times, the suspect said as soon as a potential victim withdraws money,
they would accost him or her, collect the money and escape.
“The last money we collected was N40, 000. Yesterday, we collected N12, 500,” he said.
“This morning, we wanted to collect
money from a lady. That lady ran away. We thought she had gone, not
knowing that she went to inform RRS. This was around 5:00 a.m. They
pursued us and arrested me but my partner escaped.
“I
don’t go home. I sleep in Osankwa Hotel, Alaba Rago. It is only
whenever I don’t have money that I go home. I have no wife and no
child.”
The Lagos State Police
spokesperson, Dolapo Badmus confirmed the arrest, saying the case has
been transferred to state Criminal Investigation Department for further
investigation and prosecution.
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