How My Gang Abducted, Killed DSS Operatives In Arepo – Agbara Robbery Leader - Daily Post

Leader of the gang of bank robbers, which had been

terrorising commercial banks in Lagos and Ogun states in

military uniforms has revealed how his gang killed nine

officials of the Department of State Services, DSS, in Arepo

two months ago.

The suspect, Kelly Fotor, an Ijaw native of Arugbo, Ondo

State, was arrested last Saturday by operatives of the

Inspector General of Police Special Intelligence Response

Team, SIRT, at a wedding ceremony in Sapele, Delta State.

Vanguard reports that the suspect, who was at the

ceremony with some armed men, had a gun duel with the

operatives which led to the killing of one of the

policemen, while Fotor and three of his colleagues, were

arrested with bullet wounds.

SIRT operatives, led by CSP, Abba Kyari, who had been on

the trail of the gang, trailed Fotor to the wedding

ceremony after their last operation at Agbara area of Ogun

State where they robbed a bank and left three persons,

including a pregnant woman, dead.

Fotor, who sustained a bullet wound during the shootout,

told Vanguard that he is the leader of the South-South

group of the gang.

He explained that the gang also had a Lagos leader who he

identified as Ossy, adding that his gang was made up of 12

men, including himself, with bases in Delta, Rivers,

Bayelsa and Ondo states.

Fotor also said his gang normally teamed up with their

Lagos group for operations, disclosing to Vanguard that he

and his gang were formerly into sea piracy before teaming

up with Ossy.

According to him, Ossy is the leader of the pipeline

vandals at Arepo and Ikorodu areas.

Fotor disclosed that he and his men took part in the Lekki,

Ikorodu, Festac and Agbara bank robberies, adding that

they made N28 million from Agbara bank robbery.

“I and my group got N14 million share from the Agbara

operation, while, Ossy and his group got N14 million. I left

Lagos by waters that day after that operation with my men

back to Igbokoda, Ondo State, where we shared the money

and everyone got his share of the loot.

‘’It was Ossy’s men who usually pick out our targets. They

were the ones who picked out all the targets, my job was

to give support and my boat is very big and my boat boy is

a professional and knows his way around the water very

well,” he stated.

The suspect said there was no woman in the gang,

confirming that it was one of Ossy’s boys who normally

dressed like a woman during operations.

On how his gang killed the nine DSS officials, Fotor told

Vanguard that as commanders of the groups, he and Ossy

never intended to kill the operatives when they were

captured.

He explained that the operatives stormed their hideout

wanting to rescue a woman who they abducted from

Festac.

“One of our boys who was heavily drunk met us while we

were interrogating the suspects after we captured them

and he opened fire on them.

“I was at their camp at Ikorodu when the DSS operatives

were captured and brought before me and Ossy. They

knelt down and we interrogated them, but that guy, he

was Ossy’s man.

“He was very drunk, walked in and without asking

questions opened fire on all of them and killed them.

Neither myself nor Ossy ordered their killing, we never

wanted to kill them,” he explained.

It was learnt that Fotor and three other suspects arrested

along with him have been transferred to Abuja, while SIRT

operatives are still combing the area for other members of

the gang.