I make money transporting robbers –Okada rider

A commercial motorcyclist identified as Oluwole Sunday, 20, who is now cooling his heels in police net has revealed how he makes money from transporting robbers.

He was nabbed with his 18-year-old accomplice Ahmed Musa whom he said introduced him to the business.

According Sunday he met Musa at a relaxation spot where they solidified their criminal alliance.

“When we brought up the issue of a gun, we spoke with another friend we met at the same joint, Michael, and he said he could get us a gun.

“He took us to a bathroom in his father’s house. The gun was hidden in a hole in the bathroom.

“The first time we went on an operation together, we were able to operate successfully that day on my motorcycle. We robbed many people. I was given N10, 000.

“This last operation, I was promised N20, 000 which is double the normal amount. I did not know that would be the day we would be caught. We had not even robbed anybody that day when we were arrested at Shasha in Egbeda.”

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Musa while being questioned by the police said hunger pushed him into robbery even as he claimed that the operation was his first.

“Hunger pushed me into robbery. I thought to myself that it is either I do this thing or I die of hunger. I stopped school at Senior Secondary One and my trade has not produced any money.

“We planned to target women bags and jewelry mostly the day we were arrested. I am not happy about becoming a robber. My family does not know what has happened to me.”

Commenting on the matter, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni, said apart from Musa and Sunday, 15 other robbers were arrested in the last seven days.

“During the operations that led to the arrest of the suspects, two of them engaged the police in a shootout and they were killed in the process,” He said.

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