Photo: I took to armed robbery to raise N300,000 for football trail in Sweden - Suspect

Two robbery suspects, Stanley Okorie and Emmanuel Enu are currently cooling off  at the Lagos State Police Command after they were arrested by men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad in the Satellite Town and Ajegunle areas of Lagos in two separate robbery operations. One of the robbers suspects, 25-year-old Enu, from Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State, who claimed he is the son of a retired Naval officer, said he took to crime to raise money for a trip to Sweden for a Football trial. The police say he was part of a gang which robbed on motorcycles on Oduduwa Road in Ajegunle. A locally-made shotgun and one cartridge was recovered from him.

“After I finished secondary school, I started work as a security man at a terminal in Apapa. I was earning N18,500. When I lost the job in 2014, a friend introduced me to robbery. His name is Onuora. He also brought the gun. On that day, we took off from around the Wharf area, we were on a motorcycle. We snatched one man’s phone, and Onuora said he wanted to ease himself. While he was doing that, some policemen on two motorcycles arrested me and found the gun in a bag that I was holding. Onuora, however, escaped. My father is a retired naval officer. When I was working as a security man, I was saving money to pursue my football career, but when I lost the job, there was nothing. I have been to the Benin Republic and Togo to play football. I was looking for money to travel to Sweden. That was why I agreed to join Onuora for robbery. I was looking for N300,000 for the journey. I wanted to go for a trial in a football club there.”

A toy gun was recovered from the second suspect, Okorie, who said he has taken part in  four operations.

“I was selling foodstuffs in the Iyana Ipaja area. I stay in Ajegunle with my friend, Chijioke. He was the one who used the real gun, while he gave me a toy gun. When we robbed in Igando, I got N13,000. We also took three phones and some money. When we went to Agbara, I got N25,000. We were also at Lekki, where we made N780,000. Chijioke taught me how to rob. He was a commercial driver. He asked me to join him.”

 Source: Punch