Car snatchers crash
in snatched car
By Chioma Okezie-Okeh
Saturday, March 15, 2008
It was poetic justice for Azeez Dofunmi, 20, and Sherif Abiodun,
two members of six man armed robbery gang that specializes
in snatching cars, as they were involved in an accident with
a stolen car.
According to Azeez, the gang’s mode of operation includes
snatching cars and after robbing the occupants or owners,
they would push them out and use the car to block another
car and mete out the same treatment to the occupants of the
next car.
Caught
As the robbers were escaping after snatching a car they got
involved in an accident with the car on third Mainland Bridge.
Azeez sustained injury on his shoulder and they later abandoned
the car and boarded a bus going to Obalende that had a policeman
passenger. His curiosity and security training were alerted
when he noticed some development in the bus.
When the bus came to the first bus stop after Third Mainland
Bridge, two of the gang members disembarked. At the next bus
stop, another two disembarked. The policeman’s curiosity
increased as he started wondering why the six that were together
would be leaving in that manner. He nabbed Azeez and Sherif
and they later confessed to their atrocities.
Azeez told Saturday Sun that there is nothing
to show for the money that he has got from armed robbery operations
except drinking ogogoro and smoking Indian hemp.
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