Freed robbery suspect rearrested

Four years after he was released from Kirikiri prison, a suspected armed robber has been rearrested by the police.

He was arrested with another member of his three-man gang following a robbery in Abule Egba, Lagos.

The arrest of Godwin Michael (32) followed that of Ibrahim Adeyemi (28), who was caught on the scene.

Their colleague simply identified as Sunday is at large.

A police source said the gang invaded a tenement builiding about 3am on April 1.

“They entered the first room and collected money, phones and necklace. They later entered the second room and met another tenant with his expectant wife. They collected their money and phones, but when they entered the third room, the tenant who was robbed last year summoned the courage to challenge them.

“The tenant gave them a surprise attack, pounced on Ibrahim who pointed gun at him. He grabbed him by the waist, while the other two turned him into a punch-bag with the futile intent to free their colleague. They then started using machete and kitchen knife on the tenant. They stabbed him all over his body,” said the source.

His cry, it was learnt, attracted neighbours, forcing the other two to flee.

The suspect could not escape because he was weakened by the head butt.

The tenant was rushed to a nearby hospital. The suspect was taken to Meiran Police Station before he was later transferred to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).

Ibrahim, who hails from Molete, Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, said he was a bus driver and conductor, adding that he was living inside Gatankowa Market on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway because he was homeless.

The suspect added: “There, I met one Sunday whom I earlier met at an Indian hemp bunk in Oshodi. He introduced me into armed robbery. We used to collect phones from an Hausa man who charges phones in the market. Sunday is a driver. I later joined their gang.

“We got into a house at Ahmadiyya and robbed the first and second room successfully. When we entered the third room, a man grabbed me and my colleagues escaped. Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) operatives later used me to arrest Godwin.”

Michael, who is from Emododa Village in Ofuluku Local Government Area of Kogi State, said he was remanded in Kirikiri Prison in 2011 for armed robbery. “When I came out of prison, I started living in Gatankowa Market because I could not locate my brothers. Later, I started selling second-hand clothes. At times, when I bought N4,000 worth of clothes, I sold them for N5,000. I gained N1,000 every day. I stayed there with other bad boys who smoke Indian hemp in the market. I knew Ibrahim and one robber called Sunday. We went to rob at Ahmadiyya. Unfortunately, one of the tenants grabbed Ibrahim. Police later used him to arrest me, but they (the police) are still looking for Sunday,” he said.

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