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An armed robbery suspect, who was arrested for series of armed robbery in Ibeju/Lekki area of Lagos, has denied the allegation.
Three suspects, Meshak and two others Emmanuel and Ameh (other names withheld) are being interrogated by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Lagos State Police Command.
Meshak told Crime Watch Today that the gun recovered from him was ignorantly kept after it was abandoned by fleeing armed robbers.
“I was arrested by the police not for armed robbery, but for illegal possession of fire-arms. My friend, Ameh brought the gun to show me. He told me how armed robbers abandoned the gun after an operation in his area, I now told him that I would buy it. He wanted to sell the gun for N20,000. I begged him to exchange it with my laptop as I had no money. So, I collected the gun and gave him the laptop.
“After Ameh handed the gun to me, I decided to see if it was functional. As I was testing the gun, it exploded and I shot myself in the hand. I was trying to hide it from a commercial motorcycle operator, that was how it exploded.
Immediately, Ameh took me to the hospital with his motorcycle, but the doctors refused to treat me. They insisted we must produce a police report since it was a gunshot injury. But before we got to the police station, one of my neighbours had gone to report at the station that some people were firing gunshots near his house. He pointed at us and told the police that we were the ones that were shooting. So, the police immediately arrested Ameh and me. They took me to the hospital for treatment and took him to conduct a search in the house. The police recovered the gun, a laptop and four cartridges. Emmanuel, the third suspect, was arrested when the police were conducting the search.
“I swear, I did not buy the gun to commit crime, but just for self-defence because I like it. I don’t intend to use it for robbery. You know, I just relocated to Lagos and I had intention of going back to Abuja. I wanted to take the gun to Abuja because some cultists do disturb us at Nyanya.
I knew Ameh had an Indian hemp smoking joint at Awuyaya where l smoked the weed. Well, maybe if I had succeeded in going back to Abuja with the gun, I would have given it to one Felix, because he has discussed with me on how to be stealing cars. I know a hotel in Nyanya where he stole one Golf 4 car, which he later sold in Nasarawa. It was quite a long time, over seven months before I left Abuja for Lagos. I feel so bad for illegally acquiring a gun, but I have learnt a bitter lesson. If I come out from this problem, I will use my tongue to count my teeth.”
The other suspect, Emmanuel, said, “I am from Okpoku Local Government Area of Benue State. I am married and I have two children. Last September, two armed robbers came to our area, my brothers and I resisted them and chased them away. They tried to shoot us with the gun, but it did not fire, so out of fear, they dropped the gun and escaped through the bush. I now picked the gun.
In the morning, I called my brothers, Ameh and Gaji and three other friends to my house to brief them. I showed them the gun, some of them said I should go to the police station to report the matter, while some said I should not since I did not arrest the robbers. They said that police may detain me. So, I thought about throwing the gun inside the swamp but Ameh said I should not, that he would keep it as thieves often-times disturbed in his area. He took it from me and since that day, I forgot everything about the gun.”
The Lagos State Police Command’s, spokesman, Kenneth Nwosu, a Deputy Superintendent,’ confirmed the arrest. He said that the Commissioner of Police, Mr Kayode Aderanti, has ordered SARS boss, Mr. Abba Kyari, to investigate.
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