A 25-year-old man, Gbenga Babatunde, has been arrested by Rapid Response Squad (RRS) operatives for alleged robbery. He has reportedly confessed to robbing about 35 Automated Teller Machine (ATM) users at Alaba Rago Market in Ojo.
Babatunde was caught at the weekend when a woman he allegdly attempted to dispossess of her cash at gun point fled but later returned with some policemen.
Babatunde’s accomplice, identified as Samson Baba Ramadan, 28, escaped, but he was arrested with a cut-to-size locally made gun and two live cartridges.
It was gathered that the police also recovered a First Bank mastercard belonging to Iweka Christopher Uchenna and Diamond Bank debit card owned by Nkechi Esther Idoko from him.
According to the police, the suspect confessed that his accomplice lured him to robbery, adding that they usually laid ambush for ATM users around 4am.
He said: “I have been in the crime since I met my colleague, Samson Baba Ramadan. I met him at Field Joint, Alaba, two years ago and since then we have been working together.
“We have robbed about 35 people together. We get to the ATM point by 4am. We would hide inside the shop that is not open beside the ATM point. As soon as the withdrawer collects money, we accost him or her and collect the money and escape.
“The last money we collected was N40,000. We collected N12,500 on Friday. This morning (Saturday), we wanted to collect money from a lady but she ran away. We thought she had gone, not knowing that she went to inform RRS.
“This was around 5am. They pursued us and arrested me but my partner escaped. I don’t go home. I sleep in Osankwa Hotel, Alaba Rago. It is only whenever I don’t have money that I go home. I have no wife and no child.”
The command’s spokesperson, Dolapo Badmos, a Superintendent of Police (SP) confirmed the arrest, adding that the case has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID).
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