The four suspected memebers of the armed robbery gang that attacked two banks in Ogolonto, Ikorodu, Lagos, last month has been recounting how they planned and executed the operation.
According to the suspects, their 18-man gang, aside raiding banks in Lekki, Ijede and Ebute (both in Ikorodu) also engaged in pipeline vandalism and illegal bunkering.
In the sordid accounts of their operations, they all admitted to be part of robbery attack Agbojole who said they were “small fries” in the gang, told reporters that their leaders were Million and Kakado.
Giving an Acount of his participation, the robber said he was contacted a week to the operation and that he agreed to the plan because of poverty.
Agbojole said he worked at the Timber market at Ebute Meta before joining the group.
He dismissed the notion that the Gand was led by a woman. When asked who the woman was that led the gang, Agbojole said, “There was no woman in the group. Our leaders are Million and Kakado.
“We planned the operation from Ishawo creeks. It was Milton and his men who came to us and told us about the operation. Million brought guys from Warri.
“It was from the creeks that we planned the whole thing and this is my first operation with them. I was among those who kept watch along the road. I was given a Pump Action gun. We had eight guns and two Pump Action rifles.
“I am a student of the College of Education, Ekiadolor. I did not follow them to Lekki or any other robbery operations, but I know it was the gang that attacked those banks.
“We left very early for the Ikorodu operation and it was some of Million boys who went into the police station, I did not go with them.
“It was Million and Kakado who brought the dynamite used to open the bank doors as well as the guns. They were the ones who also thought us how to use the guns.
“I do not know how much was gotten because it was the leaders who counted and shared the money. My share was N2million from where I bought a Lexus jeep at N1. 5million. I bought jerry can for my brother to start illegal oil bunkering; gave my wife N30, 000 for her joint exam and also gave my friends money.
“I was arrested in Ikorodu where I live. My friend Akpan called me and I didn’t know that it was because police was looking for me.”
Another memeber of the gang Omoboye had his path clear cut: he usually ferried the gang to and from their operations.
By his own confession, Omoboye he has participated in all the robberies involving the group, in Lekki, Ijede and Ebute.
He said that he was paid N400,000 for the Lekki robbery, N400,000 for Ijede and N2million for the Ogolonto attack, totalling N2.8m.
He refealed the group usually lodge in areas close to their targets, noting that for the Lekki attack, they camped in Epe.
“We went to Epe area and lodged there. I was the boat operator and I drove them in all the operations. I don’t usually leave the boat and one or two men stay with me because the gang will contact them and they will now alert me that it’s time to move.
“I was contacted about one month after the Lekki operation and informed of the Ijede attack, I got N400,000 each from Lekki and Ijede. But for Ebute business, I was given N2million.
“I was not the one they called on phone. It was one of their men before we rode to the jetty side to carry them. My boat is a fibre boat. I usually take them to the creeks in Ishawo but they don’t allow us close to where they share money.
“Our business in the creek is illegal bunkering, pipeline vandalism and armed robbery. That is what we do in Ishawo creeks. I took part in all the robberies because I was their boat operator.
“Yes I am married with five children, but my wife does not know what I am into,” he said.
