Robbers Arrested While Arguing Over How To Share Their Loot (Photo) - PunchNG

Three members of a 5-man robbery gang Tope Oyeleye,

aka Elede; Abiola Yekini and Yusuf Olohuntoba, aka Ete ,

were arrested on Monday by policemen attached to the

Special Anti-Robbery Squad of Agbado Police Division.

It was gathered that Elede and Ramoni, had robbed some

houses in Owonikoko and Ayinla areas around 2am on

Monday, where they stole money and phones, among other

household items.

They were said to have met on a street in Ayinla to share

their loot when an argument ensued among them over

how to share the loot.

A resident on the street reportedly saw them and called

the police, who quickly got tot eh area and arrested three

of them.

Items recovered from them include 16 phones, one DVD

player, two cut-to-size guns with a live cartridge, two

spanners, a burglar proof cutter, among others.

Twenty-one-year old Elede, who hails from Ekiti State,

confessed to the crime.

He said:

“I was initially selling cannabis, but I joined a robbery

gang three years ago when I was not making enough

money from the drug.

We were seven in number bearing Oyenusi; I am Oyenusi

07. We robbed a banker of N7m early this year around

RAFCO, Agbado.

We killed him because he confronted us. I got N650,000 in

that operation. The six others have been killed.

“We were six in the Monday night operation. I was given

four phones and a sum of N2,000 as my share.

There was an argument between Ramon, Sule, J.J,

Absorber and I over the sharing formula. We were on it

when the policemen came. Ete was not involved but he is

my friend.”

Yekini, a 28-year-old indigene of Ibadan, said:

“I was introduced to the gang by a friend called Anu when

I told him I needed N24,000 to pay my shop rent. I tried in

vain to borrow the money from my neighbours.

“This is my first operation and my role was to stay outside

to watch for other members robbing residents. I collected

the four phones and N500 they gave me without arguing

with them. I really regret what I did.”

Ete, who is a cobbler, said he was not a robber, adding

that he was just a friend of Elede. However, the police said

his fate would be determined after the investigation.

The Ogun State Police spokesperson, DSP Muyiwa Adejobi,

confirmed the arrest. He said the suspects would be

transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department,

Eleweran, for further investigation.