Lamentations of suspected robbery kingpin

LAGOS State Police Command has smashed a notorious car- snatching syndicate on its wanted list, arresting three suspected members of the gang at Akala, Idi-Oro area of Mushin, Lagos.
Crime Alert, gathered that  the suspects  who have been terrorising  the state for  long  are currently cooling  their heels  at the  cell of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, Ikeja.
The trio of Tunde Aderomi, Sadiq Olumuyiwa and Salami Popoola,  reportedly met their waterloo during a robbery operation in Ikeja area of the State after  a team of policemen attached to the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, accosted and arrested two of them.
Sources disclosed that the gang comprising six men,  usually  stormed  highbrow areas of  the state in search of motorists  with posh cars.
Police sources hinted that “ They stormed Ikeja as usual and attempted to snatch a vehicle.   After a  hot chase by the RRS men, the robbers lost control of their operational  vehicle and rammed into a pole, consequent upon which the policemen rounded them up and arrested two suspects while others escaped. They have been  transferred to SARS.
Member of the gang
During interrogation, it was gathered that the suspects mentioned some of their member’s names.  The Commander, SARS, Abba Kyari, who led  some operatives to Akala,  arrested another member of the gang.
In an interview with Crime Alert, one of them  Aderomi, said bad friends led him into robbery.  “ I am a resident of Akala in Idi-Oro Mushin, I joined the gang in 2010 and I have only gone out on operation with them five times because they do not usually take me along.
I was given N15,000 in the first operation. That was after we robbed a Nissan Quest.  During the second operation, we did not make  any money because  we did not see any car of our choice. We only got phones and I was given some phones. We snatched  a Honda Accord car in the third operation at the end of which  I was given N25,000, and in the forth operation  we did not get any vehicle. It was during the fifth operation that I was arrested.
“We don’t have a specific target. We only  move from place to place looking for victims. I joined the gang through some friends I made at  Akala.”
All I wanted was money to feed —suspect
On his part,  Sadiq,  who claimed to be a bus conductor said he decided to join the gang in order   to get ‘pocket money’.
“I have only gone on  operation with them twice.  I only worked with them when I needed pocket money. I am not into full time operation… as others.
I am a bus conductor. All I do is to drive any vehicle snatched. I was hired by one of them named Salami. I worked with the gang  at Victoria Island, where  we dispossessed our victims of cash and phones because we could not snatch any vehicle that day.  At the end, I was given just a phone and the  little amount I expected was never  given to me.
I was angry because they collected money from victims. An argument broke out between us, in the process of which I  smashed the phone I was given on the floor. Salami begged me to follow them to the second operation, promising to make up for the first one.  I never knew that would be my last because I was arrested.”

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