Lagos State Police Command has arrested
a 28-year-old woman, Anita Ekechukwu,
her brother, Sunday Ekechukwu; and three
others -, Benedict Nwadike, Emmanuel
Ochi, also known as General and George
Emmanuel, aka Force Man - for armed
robbery.
The suspects were arrested while robbing
bureau de change operators of millions of
naira. Narrating how the suspects
operated, a source at the Special Anti-
Robbery Squad said:
Anita Ekechukwu would pose as a
customer and convince the bureau de
change operator to enter a vehicle with her
only to rob him.
“Anita would go to a bank and say she
wanted to buy foreign currency knowing
well that banks do not sell foreign currency
to just anyone. The bankers would
introduce her to a bureau de change
operator and they would establish contact.
Later, she will call them for a huge
transaction in a vehicle.
“When the victim enters the vehicle, her
colleagues would come in another vehicle,
abduct the victim, rob him of his money at
gunpoint and then throw him out of the
vehicle.”
Anita, her brother and others were arrested
while trying to rob one Sanusi of $80,000
(N12.8m).
The police source said the robbers
operated around a bank in Lekki and had
boarded their vehicle when policemen
intercepted them.
He said, “They organised another
operation. Already police were aware that
the gang was about to operate around the
area. The robbers had abducted their
victim, when the police swooped on them
and arrested them. The robbers then
revealed the location of the others. The
police recovered the money collected from
the victim.”
While answering questions, Anita
Ekechukwu said she took to robbery
because of unemployment, adding that it
was more honourable than prostitution. “I
am a member of the gang but we do not
operate with gun. I am from Owerri, in Imo
State. I am unemployed but I live at Lekki
with my elder brother, Sunday, who is a
building contractor.
“I joined the gang because I could not
secure any reasonable employment. I
joined the gang this year and I was given
the telephone number of a bureau de
change operator. I told him I wanted to
buy $30,000. The next day, he sent his
brothers who brought the dollars. I then
told the man that we were going to a bank
where I would pay him the naira
equivalent. On the way to the bank, we
collected the money from the man and
pushed him out of the vehicle.”
Another suspect, Ochi, who is about 24
years old, claimed he was a student of
Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ogun State.
He said his dream was to join the Nigeria
Police but it was unclear if he would still be
enlisted following his arrest.
He said, “My role in the gang is to push the
victim out of our vehicle but I am always
careful so that he will not fall and hit his
head against a stone or hard object.
“I am a student of Olabisi Olabanjo
University, Ogun State and I am in 300
level studying Crime Investigation. I
intended to enlist in Nigeria Police Force
when I graduate. I want to become a police
detective.
On his hope of realising his life ambition to
become police detective after graduation,
now that he had been arrested he said, “It
is God that will decide. If I regain my
freedom I will stand a chance. Even if I am
jailed, I may get state pardon. Everything
depends on God.”
Robbery Is More Honourable Than Prostitution - Female Suspect
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