Police Caught 5 Lekki Gang And Border Car Thieves

The robbery suspects arrested in Lagos.

Oct 10, 2011 – Police Caught 5 Lekki Gang And Border Car Thieves

A robbery suspect who claimed to be a University of Lagos graduate of Chemical Engineering and a member of Drama and Ministration at the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Goshen Parish, Lekki, is currently in the custody of Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, Ikeja, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria.

The suspect, Michael Ayomide Orutoye, 31, resides at 31, Mobil Road, Ajah.

He is a native of Ilaje in Ondo State. Until his arrest, he allegedly belonged to a 7-man robbery gang .

Other members of the gang are Bomah Ogoto (leader), Olasheu Salami a.k.a. Jenbete, Tunde Special, Bolaji and Babakekere. They allegedly terrorised residents of Ajah, Lekki and its environs.

P.M.NEWS investigation revealed that the gang allegedly went to the house of a businessman, Chuks Mbadugha, an importer of cosmetic products based in Lekki and at gun point collected from him N150,000, $6,000, 2 Backberry phones and also took away a Honda Accord saloon car marked LC 940 EKY, a Toyota SUV with registration number EM 931 EKY and other valuable items.

After the attack on Mbadugha’s household, he reported the incident at Ogobo Divisional Headquarters.

In the course of police investigation, the Police recovered one of the stolen Blackberry phones from Afeez Ojupon at Ajah and he said he bought it from Tunde Special, a member of the gang.

Tunde Special was subsequently arrested and he promised taking the police detectives at Ajah Division to where he got the Blackberry but on the way he escaped.

When the complainant learnt of his escape, he forwarded a petition to the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Yakubu Alkali and the case was assigned to Supol Ade Adetarami of Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS.

A few days later, Tunde Special went again with his gang to Abraham Adesanya Estate in Ajah to rob another victim.

The police engaged them in a gun battle and killed three members of the gang. Akeem Alao, a member of the gang,was arrested while others escaped.

The arrested suspect later identified the dead members as Tunde Special, Bolaji and Baba Kekere.

He also gave the names of those that escaped as Boma and Olesheu (Jenbete).

The confessional statement by Akeem Alao, led to the arrest of Olasheu at Oyingbo, by the officers in charge of Special Anti-Robbery Squad led by Supol Abba Kyari and Supol Ade Adetarami.

When P.M.NEWS spoke with Michael, who claimed to be a Chemical Engineering graduate of the University of Lagos, he said: “I read Chemical Engineering and I graduated in 2008. I was jailed in 2008 because of N2.5 million and drugs worth N1.7 million which were stolen by the driver assigned to me as a sales representative when I was working with Smithkline Beecham and I spent three months in jail.

“I lost my dad in 1992 so I was brought up by my step-father Mr. Emmanuel Egbe, an Assistant Commissioner of Police who is now retired.

“Boma, our gang leader, lured me into robbery because he knew I was good in driving when we met in Ikoyi Prisons. Our leader was a colleague of the son of a late AIG who went into robbery. The first robbery operation I went with them was the attack on a businessman called Chuks Mbadugha. We have a joint at Ajah where we normally meet. Olasheu (now dead) was in charge of guns and we normally keep the guns inside the bush. After we robbed Mbadugha and his girlfriend, we stole a Honda saloon car and an SUV with money (naira and dollars). I drove the Honda while Bolaji drove the SUV, but unfortunately the SUV got stuck on a bad road. So we abandoned it and entered the Honda car. Olasheu called the buyer at 2 a.m. to come and pick the stolen Honda car. I got a share of N180,000 cash.

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