Suspected Robbers Video Themselves During Operation

The Lagos State Police Command
has arrested a 23-year-old robber,
Prince Nwafor, with a visual
recording of a robbery operation
that he took part in.
According to police authorities, the
suspect is part of a robbery gang
that specialises in snatching vehicles
in Lagos and selling them at low
prices.
The gang was also alleged to have
robbed in Ebonyi and Anambra
states.
The recording, which was captured
with a camera phone, showed how
Nwafor’s gang members robbed a
motorist of his car in an undisclosed
location. He, however, did not
appear in the recording.
The police said it was believed that
Nwafor intended to release the
incriminating video on the Internet
for allegedly cheating him every time
they went for operation.
Nwafor, however, told PUNCH Metro
that he made the recordings so he
could blackmail his colleagues with
it.
He said his colleagues usually
cheated him when sharing their loot
and the recording was meant to be
used as a leverage to force them to
share the robbery loot equally.
He said, “I was a commercial
motorcycle rider but when the Lagos
State Government began to restrict
our operation, I abandoned the job
and started working as a labourer at
construction sites in Lagos.
However, the money was too little.
“When I travelled to my village in
Ebonyi State, I met Kingsley
Chibuzor, who told me that he came
to the state to snatch some cars and
asked me to join him. Since I needed
money, I joined his gang. However,
they were always cheating me when
they were sharing the money.
“In the first robbery operation I did
with them, we stole two cars and
sold them at N800, 000. We were
three, which means I should have
received at least N250, 000.
Unfortunately, I was given only
N100, 000.
“During the second operation in
Abakaliki, they cheated me again. So
the third time, I used my camera
phone to record the entire
operation. I kept it to be used as
leverage so that if they cheated me
again, I can use it to blackmail
them.”
The suspect said things, however,
did not work as he planned because
after another operation, he was not
contacted by the gang members.
He said after a lot of efforts on his
part, he located them and
discovered that another member of
the gang, Enebeli Ozoemena, held
his (Nwafor)N200, 000 share.
He said, “We had a big quarrel and
everybody went their separate ways
until we were arrested by operatives
of the Special Anti Robbery Squad.”
When asked what he did with the
money he made from his robberies,
the suspect said, “I went to Ebonyi
State, where I had my wedding.
Weddings are expensive. Soon after,
my wife gave birth to a son and we
were happy, but when I left the
gang, I became so broke that I had
to sell some of my things in order to
feed.
“My parents, my wife and child had
been killed during a communal clash
between Amedo village in Ebonyi
and Adama Village in Cross River.”
PUNCH Metro had reported last
week Wednesday that a prison
escapee, Chibuzor, who is the
alleged gang leader, and Enebeli,
were arrested by the police.
Our correspondent learnt that
through Chibuzor’s confessions,
Nwafor was arrested.
SARS operatives, who made the
arrests, found the visual recordings
of the robbery operation on
Nwafor’s mobile phone.
Police Public Relations Officer, Ngozi
Braide, who confirmed the arrest to
our correspondent on the
telephone, said some of the stolen
vehicles had been recovered, adding
that efforts were on to recover the
remaining ones stolen by the gang.
Source: www.punchng.com/metro/
suspected-robber-videos-colleagues-
during-operation/

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