We took N80m from banks, but I got N2m, says Ikorodu banks robbery suspect

A member of the armed robbery gang which invaded branches of two banks in Ipakodo area of Lagos State has given graphic details of how members of the gang invaded the banks and the police station in front of one of the banks.

Bright Agbojule, one of the four suspects paraded before newsmen by the outgoing Commissioner of Police in the state, Kayode Aderanti, on Monday, also disclosed that the gang made away with about N80 million from the banks.

Other suspects paraded along with him were Monday Omoboye, Monday Ikuesan and Promise Abiwa, who have all allegedly confessed to have participated in the bank robberies in Ikorodu and the Lekki areas of Lagos State.

Agbojule, while speaking with Tribune Online, said the leaders of the gang, whom he named as Million and Kakada and who he said were based in Warri, Delta State, perfected the plans and provided the logistics for the operation.

He also said that the two leaders of the gang, who are now at large, got the highest amount stolen from the banks. He added that the leaders only used to called them whenever there was any robbery to carry out, adding that he did not know where they resided.

Agbojule, who said he was working in a sawmill before he joined the gang,  said: “I was introduced to Million, our leader, by my friend, Akpan, but I only followed them to the Ipakodo robbery. I did not go with them to Ijede and Lekki."
He also stated that some members of the gang stormed the Ipakodo police station, thinking that policemen would resist their plan to attack the banks but the policemen instead fled.

"When we were at the banks, some of us – the boys from Warri-- entered the police station in front of the bank. They thought that the policemen would attack them, but the policemen ran away.

 “After we got to the jetty, two boats were waiting for us and we went to Abule where Million and  Kakada gave us our share of the money.  They gave me N2 million but my friend told me that all the money was N80 million."
He denied the report that the gang was led by a woman, saying: “there was no woman in that gang, it was Million that led the operation."

Another member of the gang, Monday Omoboye, a boat operator, said that he took the gang to the two robbery operations in Ikorodu and Lekki and got N2.8 million in the two operations.
Omoboye said that he got N200,000 each for the operations in Lekki and Ijede and that he was rewarded with N2.4 million for the Ikorodu operation. He said he bought a Sports Utility Vehicle with the money.

Recovered from the gang were a Lexus Sports Utility Vehicle L300 with the registration number KRD 29 DA, Infinity SUV with registration number EKY 641 DB and Lexus L300 SUV with the registration number  EKY 642 DQ.
Source:Tribune