Police arrests boys who robbed Onazi’s dad, recovers car

The footballer’s father, Pa Wilson Onazi, was robbed as the suspects went with his Highlander Sport Utility Vehicle marked GM300A.

After stealing the car, they headed for Lagos. They were in a hotel in Lagos, waiting for the arrival of a buyer, when policemen swooped on them.

Those arrested are Ali Audu (20), Kingsley David (20), Joshua Ozo (20), Osita Ezeanu (23) and Ugochukwu Ebuka (20).

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni, said the suspects were arrested by policemen from Ajangbadi Police Station, while they were plotting how to sell the car.

He said: “We are going to contact our counterparts in Plateau State. We will hand over the suspects to them. The suspects were arrested in a hotel, where they lodged, waiting for the person that would link them up with the buyer of the vehicle in Badagry. Policemen from Ajangbadi Police Station, who acted on information, burst into the hotel and arrested them.”

One of the robbers, Audu said: “I was contracted by Kingsley to deliver the letter to the old man. I pretended to be a courier service worker. I told him he had a letter from his son. Immediately, he ushered me into his compound.

“As I was about to enter, two of my colleagues, who had laid ambush, forced their way into the compound. They brought out their machetes and threatened to kill the old man if he did not hand over his car keys.”

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According to him, David told them that the old man stays alone.

“When we stormed the house, the old man was drunk. That was part of the reason it was so easy for us to rob him. He was drunk and was rolling on the ground. We did not injure him.”

David, a graduate of Sociology from the University of Jos, said he drove the stolen car because others did not know how to drive.

He said: “Our plan was to collect the old man’s money, but when we got there, we met him drunk. We decided to escape in the SUV to Lagos.

“We bribed our way from Plateau State to Lagos, by giving security men money at every check point. We lied to the security men that the vehicle belonged to our father that we only wanted to travel down to Lagos with it, to celebrate Sallah.”

 

 

 

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