robber, Prince Nwafor, with a visual recording of a robbery
operation that he took part in.
According to police authorities, the suspect is part of a
robbery gang that specialises in snatching vehicles in Lagos
and selling them at low prices.
The gang was also alleged to have robbed in Ebonyi and
Anambra states.
The recording, which was captured with a camera phone,
showed how Nwafor's gang members robbed a motorist of his
car in an undisclosed location. He, however, did not appear in
the recording.
The police said it was believed that Nwafor intended to
release the incriminating video on the Internet for allegedly
cheating him every time they went for operation.
Nwafor, however, told PUNCH Metro that he made the
recordings so he could blackmail his colleagues with it.
He said his colleagues usually cheated him when sharing their
loot and the recording was meant to be used as a leverage to
force them to share the robbery loot equally.
He said, "I was a commercial motorcycle rider but when the
Lagos State Government began to restrict our operation, I
abandoned the job and started working as a labourer at
construction sites in Lagos. However, the money was too
little.
"When I travelled to my village in Ebonyi State, I met
Kingsley Chibuzor, who told me that he came to the state to
snatch some cars and asked me to join him. Since I needed
money, I joined his gang. However, they were always
cheating me when they were sharing the money.
"In the first robbery operation I did with them, we stole two
cars and sold them at N800, 000. We were three, which
means I should have received at least N250, 000.
Unfortunately, I was given only N100, 000.
"During the second operation in Abakaliki, they cheated me
again. So the third time, I used my camera phone to record the
entire operation. I kept it to be used as leverage so that if they
cheated me again, I can use it to blackmail them."
The suspect said things, however, did not work as he planned
because after another operation, he was not contacted by the
gang members.
He said after a lot of efforts on his part, he located them and
discovered that another member of the gang, Enebeli
Ozoemena, held his (Nwafor)N200, 000 share.
He said, "We had a big quarrel and everybody went their
separate ways until we were arrested by operatives of the
Special Anti Robbery Squad."
When asked what he did with the money he made from his
robberies, the suspect said, "I went to Ebonyi State, where I
had my wedding. Weddings are expensive. Soon after, my
wife gave birth to a son and we were happy, but when I left
the gang, I became so broke that I had to sell some of my
things in order to feed.
"My parents, my wife and child had been killed during a
communal clash between Amedo village in Ebonyi and
Adama Village in Cross River."
PUNCH Metro had reported last week Wednesday that a
prison escapee, Chibuzor, who is the alleged gang leader, and
Enebeli, were arrested by the police.
Our correspondent learnt that through Chibuzor's confessions,
Nwafor was arrested.
SARS operatives, who made the arrests, found the visual
recordings of the robbery operation on Nwafor's mobile
phone.
Police Public Relations Officer, Ngozi Braide, who confirmed
the arrest to our correspondent on the telephone, said some of
the stolen vehicles had been recovered, adding that efforts
were on to recover the remaining ones stolen by the gang.
Via: Punch
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