As fresh
facts begin to emerge about the Ikorodu banks robbery operation where N80
million was reportedly carted away a fortnight ago, one of the suspects has
revealed that they planned the operation at a meeting that lasted 30 minutes.
It was also discovered
that 12 members of the gang were recruited from the Niger Delta region.
This is just as
the four suspects arrested in connection with the operation, which lasted close
to two hours, have confessed that their gang was responsible for similar
operations at Ijede road three weeks before that of Ipakodo also at Ikorodu,
and that of Lekki, where five persons, including three policemen, were killed.
The arrested
suspects include Omoboye, alias Alarm blow, 39; Bright, 25; Ikuesan, 37, and
Abiwa, 20.
The bank robbery,
according to Bright, was carried out by an 18-man gang. Bright, a graduate of
English/Christian Religious Study, CRS, from the College of Education,
Ekiadolor, Edo State, said a meeting with members of the gang, chaired by the
gang’s leader, whose identity he gave as Million, was held in Abule area of
Lagos same day the operation was carried out.
‘My role’
The father of two
said: “Million is our leader. I was introduced to the gang by a friend named
Akpan. I joined because I had no means of feeding my family. I am a wood
logger, but business has been bad.
