A 31-year-old man, Kabiru Mohammed, has confessed to hiring a seven-man
robbery gang to steal $383,000 (N61, 280, 000) from his father.The
suspect, who works with his father, revealed that he hired notorious
robbery kingpin, Abiodun Ogunjobi, aka Godogodo, to steal the money from
his father who owns a bureau de change at the Murtala Muhammed
International Airport, Lagos.
It was also learnt that the gang robbed Mohammed’s father twice.
Mohammed,
who is being detained at the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Ikeja, said,
“My father is a bureau de change operator at the airport. I am the one
who arranged a seven-man armed robbery gang led by Godogodo to rob my
older brother, Ibrahim who was carrying my father’s money amounting to
$383,000.
“I told the gang that my father had dollars. The first
operation was when Ibrahim wanted to convey money from local airport to
international airport, I called Godogodo and gave him the car number
plate and the colour of the car. I told them not to kill my brother, but
to shoot into the air. I knew my brother would release the money
because my father told us not to drag money with armed robbers. They
collected $350,000 and gave me only two bundles which is $20,000
“In the second operation they stopped my brother in front of Air Force Bus Stop and collected $33,000 and they gave me $8,000.”
The suspect also confessed to have joined Godogodo in some robbery operations in the state.
“I
am a member of the robbery gang. My role is to find targets and also
information which I give to the gang. That is why they call me ‘Target
man’.”
Mohammed, who claimed to be a 400 Level student of History
and International Relations at the Lagos State University, said he was
introduced to robbery by one Akin he met in 2008.
When asked how
he spent his loot, the Kano State indigene said, “I used my money to
build a mosque in Kano and buy 17 rams for some people in Kano.”
Another
suspect, Okechukwu Lawrence, who was arrested alongside Mohammed,
confessed that he was the one handling the weapons for the gang.
The
indigene of Imo State said, “My work is to keep ammunition for the gang
after collecting AK47 rifles from the policemen the gang shot dead. I
joined the gang to get enough money to boost my spare parts business in
Ladipo market.”
On July 8, 2013, the robbers invaded 04 Hotel in
Ajah area of the state, killing the owner of the hotel, Olanrewaju
Subair and five others.
Godogodo, who owned up to the crime, said he killed Subair because he
was a police informant and had assisted the police in arresting his
colleague, Odun.
Police Public Relations Officer, Ngozi Braide, said the suspects would soon be charged to court.
EFCC Chairman, Ibrahim Lamorde
