he was forced to form a robbery gang when his father-in-law
asked him to pay N1.5 million bride price before he could
marry his pregnant girlfriend.
The suspect was arrested by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad,
SARS, of the Lagos State Police Command, following a tip-
off that he was in a hotel with his girlfriend in Ibadan, Oyo
State, western Nigeria.
Olukporibe allegedly claimed his father-in-law initially
refused to give his daughter's hand in marriage despite the
fact that he had impregnated her and wanted to marry her.
The suspect said that it was after a lot of persuasion that he
allow them marry but with the condition that he must give
him N1.5 million as bride price.
The suspect said he could not afford the money but because
he loved his wife and she was expecting his baby, he was
forced to form an armed robbery gang to raise the money.
Olukporibe said he initially went into robbery just to raise the
money, but he was encouraged to continue when he made N3
million in his first attempt.
He said he quickly paid the bride price and married his wife
without his father- in-law knowing his source of money.
Olukporibe said because of the success of the first robbery
operation, he decided to go into full time robbery and later
graduated into kidnapping.
The suspect, who hails from Etsako Local Government in Edo
State, said he was not really doing any work before he formed
the gang and became their leader.
He said the gang used his father's car to rob people on the
highway before they bought the cars they used for their other
operations.
Oluporibe confessed that he was involved in several robbery
operations on Benin-Lagos, Ibadan-Lagos expressways and
Kwara State among others.
On how they operate, Olukporibe said some of the members
of the gang usually board buses as passengers and would be
communicating with others through phone calls to keep them
informed about their progress on the journey.
He said when the targeted bus approaches the destination they
have planned to operate, they will block the road and force the
driver of the bus to stop.
"If the driver tries to resist, those inside the bus will force him
to comply. We will rob the passengers of the bus and carry
their belongings to our waiting cars and drive off," he said.
Olukporibe said he had been a political thug for so many
years and went into armed robbery and kidnapping five years
ago before he was arrested by the police.
He confessed that he was a political thug for prominent
politicians who armed him with weapons such as AK47 rifles
to attack their opponents.
He said most times before the operation, the politicians will
give him some money and promise to buy good things for him
but after the operation, they will distance themselves from
him.
Oluporibe said he did not return most of the weapons, which
the gang later used for their robbery and kidnapping operations.
He said he regretted to be an armed robber and if given a
chance, he would turn a new leaf. He is still in the custody of
SARS where he is undergoing interrogation.
Olukporibe has been detained by SARS and would be charged
to court soon.
Source: PM News
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