A most wanted
armed robbery leader, Abiodun Ogunjobi, aka Abbey Godogodo, who has been
terrorizing the South-West of Nigeria for years, has been arrested by the Lagos
State Police Command.
How i
became a criminal, Godogodo said:
"[When
I was young] I was charged for fighting; I spent about seven years in
prison. My prolonged stay in prison for minor crime of fighting hardened me and
I vowed to pay back the police for that injustice. After I was released, I went
to Katangowa in Iyana-Ipaja area of Lagos to meet my friend, Odun.
“I
started robbery in 1996 but in 1999...
"Odun was an armed robber, so, we started
operating together. We worked with several gangs and I invested lots of my
money in arms buying. I also built five houses in Ifo, Ilaro, Ikorodu and
Ibadan. I usually kill policemen and take their rifles because policemen have
killed several of my boys and taken most of my rifles from them.
“I have no regrets for all I have done. I have no advice for young people, who want to become armed robbers like me. I have three children from three women. The police should take all my properties.”
According to police authorities, the suspect led the gang that killed seven people, including the owner of 04 Hotel, Ajah, Lagos, Olanrewaju Subair, on July 7, 2013. They also killed two other security guards at a popular hotel along Apapa Road, Ebute Meta area of the state on the same day.
“I have no regrets for all I have done. I have no advice for young people, who want to become armed robbers like me. I have three children from three women. The police should take all my properties.”
According to police authorities, the suspect led the gang that killed seven people, including the owner of 04 Hotel, Ajah, Lagos, Olanrewaju Subair, on July 7, 2013. They also killed two other security guards at a popular hotel along Apapa Road, Ebute Meta area of the state on the same day.
The
36-year-old suspect was arrested by men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad at
his home in the Egbeda area of Ibadan, Oyo State, after he had been monitored
for three weeks.
Policemen attached to SARS, said Godogodo narrowly escaped arrest on July 14, when he and members of his gang engaged SARS operatives in a shoot-out along Eko Bridge, Lagos Island, after they killed two policemen at Ebute-Ero and Ajao Estate respectively.
According to police authorities, the suspect had been evading arrest because he hardly used the same gang members twice.
A police source said:
Policemen attached to SARS, said Godogodo narrowly escaped arrest on July 14, when he and members of his gang engaged SARS operatives in a shoot-out along Eko Bridge, Lagos Island, after they killed two policemen at Ebute-Ero and Ajao Estate respectively.
According to police authorities, the suspect had been evading arrest because he hardly used the same gang members twice.
A police source said:
“He is
the most notorious armed robber we have had in the South-West in the past 14
years. We arrested him 11am on Thursday at his mansion at the Olowu area
of Egbeda LGA Ibadan Oyo State and recovered two AK47 rifles and 10 loaded AK47
magazines in his house."
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