The Leader of a notorious robbery gang terrorizing Lagos and other
south-west states was Thursday, arrested by operatives of the Special
Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, Lagos.
Vanguard gathered that the
suspect, identified as Abiodun Ogunjobi, a.k.a, Abbey Godogodo, met his
waterloo when SARS operatives led by SP Abba Kyari who have been on his
trail for a long time, laid ambush for him at his mansion at Egbeda area
of Ibadan, Oyo state and also recovered two Ak47 rifles and 10 fully
loaded magazines.
Vanguard learnt Godogodo was behind the July 7,
2013, gruesome murder of seven persons at O4 Hotel, a popular hotel
in Ajah area of Lagos, including the owner, Olarinwaju Subair.
His
gang also went on to kill two security guards at a popular hotel, along
Apapa Road, Ebute-Meta area of State on the same day.
Police
sources told our reporter that the suspect narrowly escaped arrest on
July 14, 2013, when he and members of his gang engaged SARS operatives
in a shootout on Eko Bridge, Lagos Island after killing two policemen at
Ebute-Ero and Ajao Estate. Five members of his gang were gunned down in
the encounter, while Godogodo and two others escaped.
Vanguard
further learnt that Godogodo who has three children from three women,
coordinated several bank robberies in Kwara, Ogun, Oyo, Ekiti and Osun
States and has killed more than 50 policemen. According to the police
source “he is the biggest and most notorious armed robber we have in the
South West in the past 14 years.
When Vanguard interviewed the
36-year-old suspects, who is a native of Abekuta, Ogun State, he
confessed to being a robber as accused with no regrets for his actions.
He said “I started robbing in 1996 and in 1999 I was arrested and
remanded in prison for the minor crime of fighting. I spent more than
seven years in prison. My prolonged stay in prison for this minor
offence hardened me and I vowed to pay back the police for that
injustice.
“After I was released, I went to Katanguar, in
Iyano-Ipaja area of Lagos to meet my friend Odun, who was arrested by
the Police recently at O4 Hotel in Ajah. Odun was a robber and we
started operating; we worked with several other gangs. I invested my
money in arms and ammunition. I also built houses in Ifo, Ilaro, Ikorodu
and Ibadan.
“I kill policemen and take their rifles because they
(policemen) have also killed my boys and taken my rifles from them. I
have no regrets for all I have done and I have no advice for young
people who want to go into armed robbery like me.”
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