Police smash One Chance
syndicate
By MATTHEW DIKE
Thursday, March 27, 2008
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• Omojola
PHOTOS: MOSHOOD RAJI |
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Policemen from Apapa Division Lagos have smashed armed robbery
gang that specialized in using commercial bus to operate.Their
arrest was made possible by the assistance of some commercial
motorcyclists who gave them a hot chase before one of them
was arrested.
A suspected member of the gang, who identified himself as
Tope Omojola, was nabbed and a gun and four cartridges recovered
from him.
The gang allegedly engaged the police in a gun duel at the
Beach land estate, along Oshodi-Apapa road, during which Omojola
was shot in the leg before he was arrested.
A police source disclosed that Omojola and members of his
gang were seen at Marine Beach, Apapa by commercial motorcyclists,
robbing some passengers in a Volkswagen LT 28 mini-bus marked
XM 188 LSD.
Other members of the gang were said to have taken to their
heels, abandoning the vehicle, gun and their wounded member.
Meanwhile, Omojola, a resident of Ajegunle, has denied the
robbery allegation, saying he was only the conductor of the
vehicle. About the gun found in their possession, he said:
“I don’t know anything about this gun. The police
saw it in our vehicle. I’m not the owner. Maybe, the
driver will know better about it. He has run away, but I will
help the police to arrest him.”
He claimed the motorcyclists were only chasing them because
the driver hit somebody and refused to stop. He said: “It’s
just a matter of hit-and-run. I told the driver to stop but
he refused. Now, see what he has caused. I don’t know
why he refused to stop.”
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