PHOTO: Suspected Arm Robber Arrested by Police exclaims he is happy the Police Arrested him

PHOTO: Suspected Arm Robber Arrested by Police exclaims he is happy the Police Arrested him

Read the confession of Thirty-two-year-old Francis Okonkwo who was sobbing as he narrated how he escaped death and landed in police custody.

“I am happy that at least, the police arrested me; if not because of the police, I would be dead by now. The residents of the place I went to rob would have cut me into pieces,” he told our correspondent.“I made up to N10,000 sometimes, when I was a pick-pocket at the Seme Border at Badagry,” he said remorsefully. “But I needed a lump sum of money to set up my electronics repairworkshop. So, I decided to take part in this robbery operation.
 “I knew Uche about four years ago, when we were working at the Seme Border. At the time, I was doing odd jobs while also making money as a pick-pocket. 

“Uche left Seme around 2012 and I did not know what he was doing while away. But in February, he came to Seme to buy some clothes and he told me that I should come and visit him in Sagamu.
The day I went to see him on March 24, he told me of a plan to rob a company along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. That was the only details he gave me. 

“By evening, I followed him to a bush around NASFAT and we hid there. He made a call and three other men joined us. I had not seen them before. Uche opened a leather bag he was carrying and brought out a locally made shotgun and pistol. He held on to one and gave the other to one of the other men. All I held was a machete.”
“The woman was with her husband. But he raped the woman there. I did not take part and neither did the others,
“We went to the roof of the next house, still no way to escape for me. Three of our members, including Uche were lucky. I did not know when they escaped. 

“Not long after that, the residents caught me and another member of our gang called Igwe. They beat us mercilessly and I thought they were going to kill us. They used the machete I was holding to flog and inflict cuts all over our bodies.”
“I pray I see my son again. The first thing I would tell him is never to indulge in crime,” he said.

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The Police Public Relations Officer of the Ogun State Command, Mr. Muyiwa Adejobi, said investigation was still ongoing as the police were working to track down other members of the gang.

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