Robbers were arrested while arguing

Three members of a 5-man robbery gang Tope
Oyeleye, aka Elede; Abiola Yekini and Yusuf
Olohuntoba, aka Ete , were arrested on Monday
by policemen attached to the Special Anti-
Robbery Squad of Agbado Police Division.
It was gathered that Elede and Ramoni, had
robbed some houses in Owonikoko and Ayinla
areas around 2am on Monday, where they stole
money and phones, among other household items.
They were said to have met on a street in Ayinla
to share their loot when an argument ensued
among them over how to share the loot.
A resident on the street reportedly saw them and
called the police, who quickly got tot eh area and
arrested three of them.
Items recovered from them include 16 phones,
one DVD player, two cut-to-size guns with a live
cartridge, two spanners, a burglar proof cutter,
among others.
Twenty-one-year old Elede , who hails from Ekiti
State, confessed to the crime. He said:
“I was initially selling cannabis, but I joined
a robbery gang three years ago when I was
not making enough money from the drug.
We were seven in number bearing Oyenusi; I
am Oyenusi 07. We robbed a banker of
N7m early this year around RAFCO, Agbado.
We killed him because he confronted us. I
got N650,000 in that operation. The six
others have been killed.
“We were six in the Monday night
operation. I was given four phones and a
sum of N2,000 as my share. There was an
argument between Ramon, Sule, J.J,
Absorber and I over the sharing formula.
We were on it when the policemen came.
Ete was not involved but he is my friend.”
Yekini, a 28-year-old indigene of Ibadan, said:
“I was introduced to the gang by a friend
called Anu when I told him I needed
N24,000 to pay my shop rent. I tried in vain
to borrow the money from my neighbours.
“This is my first operation and my role was
to stay outside to watch for other members
robbing residents. I collected the four
phones and N500 they gave me without
arguing with them. I really regret what I
did.”
Ete, who is a cobbler, said he was not a robber,
adding that he was just a friend of Elede.
However, the police said his fate would be
determined after the investigation.
The Ogun State Police spokesperson, DSP
Muyiwa Adejobi, confirmed the arrest. He said the
suspects would be transferred to the State
Criminal Investigation Department, Eleweran, for
further investigation.