Motorcycle Makes Our Escape Easy In Lagos – Robbery Suspect(Photos)

 

A member of a three-man armed robbery gang has blamed

his involvement in crime on poverty.

The suspect, Ese Ebrorhie, also attributed his gang’s

success to the use of ‘motorcycles’ for their get away from

robbery scenes.

The gang has been tormenting residents and motorists

around Mile 2 and Apapa in Lagos.

Ebrorhie was arrested by operatives of the Rapid Response

Squad (RRS).

Two members of the gang escaped with a locally-made

double barrel gun and a pistol.

“I bought a fairly used motorcycle popularly known as

okada which developed small problem and there was

nobody to help me, so I joined the gang to raise funds to

repair the okada ,” Ebrorhie said, adding: “We operated

around 5am and 6am and from 9pm.

We rob only commercial buses by pretending to be

passengers at bus stop around Mile 2 and Apapa.

“Once inside the bus, the gang leader, Zubby, who is

holding one of our guns, will hold the bus driver hostage

while we begin to rob and dispossess every passenger of

their belongings.

After the operation, we disembark and mount our waiting

bike moving beside the bus to escape.

“I have gone on three operations with them. The first

operation, I was given N8, 000. The second one, I was

given N15,000.

This is my third operation with the gang. Zubby is the one

that collects and sells all the belongings we collect during

operations. He is the one who shares the booty to

everyone.”

Ebrorhie said most of the victims mistook them for

passengers.

He claimed that he knew members of the gang as a car

washer but didn’t know they were armed robbers then.

“They invite me to operation whenever they wish.

Sometimes, I can be in Berger for two days without seeing

them,” he said.

Police Public Relations Officer Kenneth Ofor, a Deputy

Superintendent (DSP), said the suspect would be charged

to court.

He urged Lagosians to be security conscious during this

Yuletide.

Source: TheNation