The operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Special Intelligence Monitoring Team have arrested eight robbery suspects, who allegedly carried out several operations in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, according to the Punch.
Until their recent arrest, the police noted that the eight-man gang had committed a number of murders and made large sums of money from their operations. From where the eight of them sat while they were being paraded, one could safely deduce that they were regretting whatever led to their arrest.
In his stunning revelation, one of the suspects, Johnson Aikko, who spoke extensively to journalists, said he was a bricklayer in the Gwagalada area of the FCT before he was introduced to armed robbery by two friends; Ava and Nautical whom he met at a bar.
“I accepted gleefully because of the way I saw them spending money,” he said.
The names of the other suspects were given as Ibrahim Suleiman, aka, Scorpion; Pius Gabriel, aka Double Spirit; the arms supplier, RaboYakubu; the receiver of their stolen goods, Oladimeji Ikotun; UmaruNda, Matthew Ofe, Nicodemos Shittu and OgbonaChidubem aka Oyibo.
He explained that he and the other gang members were operating with locally made revolver rifles until after the 2015 general elections when one of them was used as a political thug and was given two Ak47 rifle by politicians.
Stigma, 30, who hails from Benue State explained that the rifle they used in their first operation was sold to them by a policeman.
He said, “There was a day Avan and Nautica called me that they were ready for big business, but they needed ammunition. Ava then contacted a prison official who he met during his stay at Kuje Prisons and the official linked him to a mobile police officer who started selling ammunitions to us. He sold a round of the live ammunition to us for N400 each and we bought over 150 rounds for our first operation.”
Stigma recalled that their first operation was at a highway in Abuja where they snatched bags from people and that all he was given from the operation was N4,000 and a smartphone. He added, “I don’t know how much was made from that operation, since I was new. We also did some small operations within Abuja and Nassarawa State and after each successful operation, Ava and Nautical usually travel to Benue State where they have farms. I think they were investing more of their loots in farming.”
He explained that even as an armed robber that has taken part in many robbery operations, he would not forget in a hurry one of their operations where his colleague shot a pregnant woman in her private part after giving them what she had. Beyond that, he said one other person was killed while the woman’s husband lost his two legs as part of the severe injuries he sustained during the attack. The venue of the operation was Super Cell Estate in the Apo area of the FCT.
They are currently being prepared for prosecution in the court of law at the completion of police investigations.
Until their recent arrest, the police noted that the eight-man gang had committed a number of murders and made large sums of money from their operations. From where the eight of them sat while they were being paraded, one could safely deduce that they were regretting whatever led to their arrest.
In his stunning revelation, one of the suspects, Johnson Aikko, who spoke extensively to journalists, said he was a bricklayer in the Gwagalada area of the FCT before he was introduced to armed robbery by two friends; Ava and Nautical whom he met at a bar.
“I accepted gleefully because of the way I saw them spending money,” he said.
The names of the other suspects were given as Ibrahim Suleiman, aka, Scorpion; Pius Gabriel, aka Double Spirit; the arms supplier, RaboYakubu; the receiver of their stolen goods, Oladimeji Ikotun; UmaruNda, Matthew Ofe, Nicodemos Shittu and OgbonaChidubem aka Oyibo.
He explained that he and the other gang members were operating with locally made revolver rifles until after the 2015 general elections when one of them was used as a political thug and was given two Ak47 rifle by politicians.
Stigma, 30, who hails from Benue State explained that the rifle they used in their first operation was sold to them by a policeman.
He said, “There was a day Avan and Nautica called me that they were ready for big business, but they needed ammunition. Ava then contacted a prison official who he met during his stay at Kuje Prisons and the official linked him to a mobile police officer who started selling ammunitions to us. He sold a round of the live ammunition to us for N400 each and we bought over 150 rounds for our first operation.”
Stigma recalled that their first operation was at a highway in Abuja where they snatched bags from people and that all he was given from the operation was N4,000 and a smartphone. He added, “I don’t know how much was made from that operation, since I was new. We also did some small operations within Abuja and Nassarawa State and after each successful operation, Ava and Nautical usually travel to Benue State where they have farms. I think they were investing more of their loots in farming.”
He explained that even as an armed robber that has taken part in many robbery operations, he would not forget in a hurry one of their operations where his colleague shot a pregnant woman in her private part after giving them what she had. Beyond that, he said one other person was killed while the woman’s husband lost his two legs as part of the severe injuries he sustained during the attack. The venue of the operation was Super Cell Estate in the Apo area of the FCT.
They are currently being prepared for prosecution in the court of law at the completion of police investigations.
