“I am not a thief, I only take people’s rams” –– 27-year-old Apprentice

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 27-year-old man, Nuru Owosere, for allegedly stealing a ram in Mile 12 area of the state.

According to residents, the suspect was of the habit of stealing livestock at midnight only to sell them at ridiculous prices.

Punch Metro learnt that the suspect was arrested in the early hours of Thursday after stealing a ram belonging to a bricklayer at the Church Avenue area.

It was learnt that as the suspect was attempting to escape, residents saw him and chased him.

Owosere was said to have been rounded up by the mob and beaten up.

The suspect however said he was not a thief, adding that he only stole livestock.

He said he never saw anything wrong in what he did because he had stolen his own father’s livestock many times without being reprimanded.

UNBELIEVABLE: Suspected robber videos colleagues 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.

Pasuma’s Range Rover Sport was Sold for ₦950,000 – Robber

Sometime in May, Fuji musician, Pasuma was reported to have lost his Range Rover Sport to some dare-devil armed robbery gang.

Just recently, the leader of the gang, Kasali Adegoke with three other suspects, was paraded by the Ogun State Commissioner of Police Mr. IKemefuna Okoye in Abeokuta.

Kasali claimed he sold the SUV for ₦950,000 and that he never knew it was Pasuma’s car they snatched.

He said, “I have a receiver at Cotonou who usually calls to place orders for any type of vehicle that he wants. Before we stole Pasuma’s car, my buyer had already told me that he wanted a Range Rover Sport. We were just on the lookout for possible victims when we noticed Pasuma’s car.”

Robbers snatch Ghana-must-go bag filled with papers – Police

(Punch) The Police in Ondo State say the bags snatched by a gang of robbers from an Ecobank van on Wednesday contained processed bank vouchers and not cash as thought by the robbers.

The robbery, which occurred about 2pm on Wednesday, sent shivers across other banks, whose workers immediately locked their doors against customers fearing possible attacks by the robbers.

Eyewitnesses had told reporters that the robbers had snatched the bags, popularly called Ghana-must-go, supposedly containing huge sums of money from a customer who had gone to withdraw cash from the bank.

But Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Wole Ogodo, clarified that the bank had officially reported the facts of the matter to the police, saying the robbers actually carted away a bunch of papers.

I Took Part in 3 Robbery Operations — Pregnant Woman

A pregnant female robbery suspect, who was paraded on Monday in Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, has narrated her exploits with other members of the gang.

The 28-year old woman, Taiwo Obafunsho, who said she was selling frozen fish before she joined the robbery gang, told journalists at the Lagos State Police Command where she and other members of the gang were paraded, that she had only taken part in three robbery operations.

Obafunsho said she did not participate in the operation that resulted in the death of two policemen in Iju-Ishaga area of Lagos in October.

She, however, declined to speak further on her exploits and how much she made from the three operations she participated in.

“I love stealing Toyota cars” – Robbery suspect confesses

43-year-old man, Lukman Bello, who was arrested by the police in Lagos State for alleged forgery, conspiracy and car theft, said he loves stealing Toyota cars because the brand can be sold easily.

 Lukman has been on the police wanted list since 2007 but luck ran out on him following a tip-off, which led to his arrest by policemen attached to the Pedro Police station in Bariga area of the state recently.

The police source stated that Lukman stole the cars from car marts with a master key, which he used to open the cars and zoom off when no one is watching.

The police added that they recovered seven fairly-used vehicles popularly known as Tokunbo cars from the suspect. These include five Toyota Camry cars, one Toyota Corolla car and a Nissan bus.

“I usually go for Toyota cars because you can sell them fast and people ask for them”- Lukman

WAHALA DEY: Pregnant Thief attacks Mall Employee

A pregnant woman wearing a True Religion baseball cap and an accomplice assaulted an employee at Stones River Mall after they were observed shoplifting $300 worth of merchandise, according to a Murfreesboro Police Department incident report.

The victim alleged the two women were “concealing items in their bags and she went to confront them,” Officer Sean Leiser reported.

When she approached the suspects, the pregnant woman attacked her.

“The suspect grabbed her by the throat and pushed her back,” Leiser reported. “The suspect then ran at (the victim) and grabbed her throat again and pushed her.”

The suspect also grabbed the victim by the hair and threw her on the ground before hitting the victim multiple times in the face.

The suspects fled the scene in a black Chevrolet Impala with tinted windows.

The victim was treated at Middle Tennessee Medical Center and released. The suspects have not been apprehended.

Source: Murfreesboropost

Stolen Range Rover Sport: I will get a replacement soon — Pasuma

It is no more news that Fuji star, Wasiu Alabi, also known as Pasuma, who doubles as a Globacom ambassador, was attacked by armed robbers last week Monday and his Range Rover sport, metallic silver colour was snatched by robbers in Ahmadiyya area of Abule Egba, Lagos State.

Barely one week after the sad experience, Pasuma has said he would not lose sleep over it as he would find a replacement soon to shame his enemies.

According to Pasuma, the robber forced themselves into his car and drove him and his aides to Itele, a town in the outskirt of Lagos.

Paso’s publicist, Afolabi, told R in a mail that it was ridiculous for anyone to say the musician knew the robbers as “Pasuma is a hardworking musician whose ambassadorial status has added to his hard-earned image and goodwill.

Although he would not answer when asked if the SUV was insured, he said media men should always check their facts before putting words in print.

“Pasuma has moved on since.He will not be deterred by the loss of a car. Right now, he is more concerned with his music,”he told R.

Robbers shoot, kill prayer warrior during vigil

A midnight prayer session in the apartment of Mrs. Solomon Otuoche,  ended in tragedy last Saturday after armed robbers  invaded Iyewo Estate, Akesan, along the Igando-LASU Road in Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos and shot the woman for raising  the alarm.

She died on the way to hospital.

Another woman, identified as Mrs. Emeka, who was shot in both legs in the same house in which Otuoche was attacked, however, survived.

A landlord on Ola Oluwa Street, Iyewo Estate, Mr. Austin Nwudu, told Saturday PUNCH that he first noticed the robbers as they entered the area from the top floor of a two-storey building in which his apartment was located.

He said, “I live upstairs and saw all that happened on that fateful day. I started hearing the barking of dogs in the neighbourhood about 2am and this probably woke me up.

“It was strange because the dogs did not stop barking. As I looked through my window, I saw armed men (with guns) in my neighbour’s compound, banging at the door of a tenant downstairs. They succeeded in entering the apartment.”

Thieves steal $1million worth of jewellery at Cannes Film Festival

More than $1m (£650,000; 777,000 euros) worth of jewels have been stolen from a hotel in Cannes, French police say.

The jewels were initially thought to have been loaned to stars at the annual film festival on the French Riviera.

They were taken from the hotel room of an employee of exclusive Swiss jewellers Chopard in the early hours of Friday morning.

Police say the thieves ripped the safe containing the jewels from a wall of the room at the Novotel hotel.

But a company spokeswoman, Raffaella Rossiello, insisted the value of the pieces had been exaggerated and "the jewellery stolen is not part of the collection... worn by actresses during the Cannes Film Festival".

And festival officials said the event's top award, the Palme d'Or, was not among the stolen items.

The trophy is also made by Chopard, an official sponsor of the festival.

Celebrities choosing the Swiss firm's gems for their red carpet appearances at this year's festival include Julianne Moore, Lana Del Rey and Cindy Crawford.

The theft happened a few hours after the festival was shown The Bling Ring, a new film by director Sofia Coppola.

The film is about teenagers who find out when celebrities are attending red carpet events in order to break into their homes and steal their designer clothes, bags and shoes.

Source: bbc

Policeman Dies In Shootout With Armed Robbers

A policeman with the Special Anti Robbery Squad Ikeja, Corporal Sunday Fafoluyi, was killed on Thursday in a shootout with armed robbers at Ifo, Ogun state.

Fafoluyi, in company with other members of his unit, had left Lagos for Ifo, to arrest a suspected armed robber, Morufu Aleba, at his home in Ifo. Aleba was said to have been given away by some members of his gang, who were arrested in the Alagbado area

It was gathered that Aleba was with two suspected robbers at his home, who joined him in engaging the police in the shootout.

A source said, “The incident happened about 4am on Thursday. Somehow, Aleba noticed that his home had been cordoned off by the SARS. The robbers opened fire on the team. In the process, Fafoluyi was fatally wounded; he later died from his wounds.”

Aleba was also said to have died from fatal wounds sustained in the shootout while his companions scaled the fence of his house to safety.

Fafoluyi was a recipient of the 2011 Lagos State Governor’s Gallantry award and the IGP commendation award for courage.

The Lagos Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ngozi Braide, said she did not have the detail of the incident.

Airport Robbery: General Overseer, Six Others Arrested

Murtala Mohammed Int'l Airport

Filo: The Lagos State Police Command has arrested the gang of robbers, who attacked the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja on March 13, killing two policemen and injuring several others.

The robbers were also said to be the same bandits, who attacked a Bureau De Change last year at the same airport, carting away dollars valued at over N600 million.

Among the suspects in police custody is one Pastor Ibikunle Olanrewaju John, the General Overseer of The Way of Joy’ church. The church is located in the Ikotun-Egbe area of Lagos State.

Kiyo: I like the name of the church, the way of joy for the GO is the way of robbery. But thumbs up to our Police men, so how much did they recover?

Filo: The State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Umar Manko, said the robbery suspects were caught after detectives attached to the Special Anti-robbery Squad (SARS), recovered the corpse of one of the slain robbers, identified as Teslim Okunola, aka Esho, and discovered some items on him.

Items recovered from the suspects were five AK47 rifles, four dynamites, two locally made pistols, 64 AK47 magazines, all loaded with 30 rounds each, totalling 1,920 live ammunitions.

Kiyo: You mean no cash was recovered!  This is an Incomplete Mission.


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