Suspected robber videos colleagues during
operation
NOVEMBER 11, 2013 BY ENIOLA AKINKUOTU
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Nwafor (middle) and
others suspects and
Exhibit recovered from
the suspects
| credits: File copy
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 23-
year-old robber, Prince Nwafor, with a visual
recording of a robbery operation that he took part in.
According to police authorities, the suspect is part of
a robbery gang that specialises in snatching vehicles
in Lagos and selling them at low prices.
The gang was also alleged to have robbed in Ebonyi
and Anambra states.
The recording, which was captured with a camera
phone, showed how Nwafor’s gang members robbed
a motorist of his car in an undisclosed location. He,
however, did not appear in the recording.
The police said it was believed that Nwafor intended
to release the incriminating video on the Internet for
allegedly cheating him every time they went for
operation.
Nwafor, however, told PUNCH Metro that he made the
recordings so he could blackmail his colleagues with
it.
He said his colleagues usually cheated him when
sharing their loot and the recording was meant to be
used as a leverage to force them to share the robbery
loot equally.
He said, “I was a commercial motorcycle rider but
when the Lagos State Government began to restrict
our operation, I abandoned the job and started
working as a labourer at construction sites in Lagos.
However, the money was too little.
“When I travelled to my village in Ebonyi State, I met
Kingsley Chibuzor, who told me that he came to the
state to snatch some cars and asked me to join him.
Since I needed money, I joined his gang. However,
they were always cheating me when they were
sharing the money.
“In the first robbery operation I did with them, we
stole two cars and sold them at N800, 000. We were
three, which means I should have received at least
N250, 000. Unfortunately, I was given only N100,
000.
“During the second operation in Abakaliki, they
cheated me again. So the third time, I used my
camera phone to record the entire operation. I kept it
to be used as leverage so that if they cheated me
again, I can use it to blackmail them.”
The suspect said things, however, did not work as he
planned because after another operation, he was not
contacted by the gang members.
He said after a lot of efforts on his part, he located
them and discovered that another member of the
gang, Enebeli Ozoemena, held his (Nwafor)N200, 000
share.
He said, “We had a big quarrel and everybody went
their separate ways until we were arrested by
operatives of the Special Anti Robbery Squad.”
When asked what he did with the money he made
from his robberies, the suspect said, “I went to
Ebonyi State, where I had my wedding. Weddings are
expensive. Soon after, my wife gave birth to a son
and we were happy, but when I left the gang, I
became so broke that I had to sell some of my things
in order to feed.
“My parents, my wife and child had been killed
during a communal clash between Amedo village in
Ebonyi and Adama Village in Cross River.”
PUNCH Metro had reported last week Wednesday
that a prison escapee, Chibuzor, who is the alleged
gang leader, and Enebeli, were arrested by the
police.
Our correspondent learnt that through Chibuzor’s
confessions, Nwafor was arrested.
SARS operatives, who made the arrests, found the
visual recordings of the robbery operation on
Nwafor’s mobile phone.
Police Public Relations Officer, Ngozi Braide, who
confirmed the arrest to our correspondent on the
telephone, said some of the stolen vehicles had been
recovered, adding that efforts were on to recover the
remaining ones stolen by the gang.


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