According to theeagleonline, a suspected robber has confessed that he and his gang members get information for robbery operations by listening to phone calls of people who come to make calls at ‘phone call centres.’
The suspect, Ikemachukwu Obiora, 31, confessed that most robbery operations carried out by him and his gang members were through information gathered at places people make phone calls.
According to Obiora, they used to loiter at phone call centres, pretending they were waiting to make phone calls, while they listen to callers.
Obiora said that the least robbery operations he had participated in Gbagada area, fetched him N800,000.
“My regret is that I’ll not enjoy my shares from our robbery operations because SARS has now arrested me,” he said.
He confessed that the first thing he stole at the age of 13 was a big life goat in his village before he graduated to robbery.
He also claimed that most of the money he made from robbery operations were given to widows and aged women because he felt sorry for them.
Obiora, who was arrested by detectives attached to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja on a tip-off, said he used to reside in Gbagada and was part of the gang that had been terrorizing the area for long.
Robbery operations carried out in Bariga and Oworoshoki were also done by his gang.
He said: “I started stealing at the age of 13 in Awka, Anambra State. My first attempt as a thief was to steal our neighbour’s goat in the village during Xmas period.”
The suspect said he had participated in several criminal activities in Lagos, Ogun and Osun States.
According to him, he relocated to Lagos some years ago and started living with a friend at the Oworoshoki area of the metropolis.
He said that his friend worked in one of the private companies in Ikeja.
Obiora said: “My friend didn’t know I was a thief until police arrested me in the area for snatching a Black Berry phone. It was that incident that made police charged me to court. I was even sent to Kirikiri Prison.”
He explained that some months after he was in prison, he was released by a Chief Judge.
He said he didn’t have anywhere to stay after his release from prison, adding that life became tough to the extent that he could not afford three square meals.
He recalled: “While I was thinking of what to do next, I ran into one of my old friends. I used to know him way back in Anambra State. It was through him that I joined another gang of robbers and later became the second in command.”
Credit: Theeagleonline