Detectives attached to
the Lagos State Police Command have arrested two brothers for using their
mother’s car to rob unsuspecting ladies on Lagos Island.
According
to the state Commissioner Police, Fatai Owoseni, the brothers, Ikenna Onunkwo
(28) and Chinedu Onukwo (23), every morning use to dress up and leave their
home as if they are going to the office.
Nobody
knew they used to go out each morning to rob. It was gathered that in the
evening, after office hours, the brothers, still using their mother’s Sport
Utility Vehicle (SUV), would offer to give female passengers at bus stops lift.
They would later rob them of their valuables before pushing them out of the
car.
He
said: “Luck ran out on the two brothers after robbing a lady on November 13, on
their way from Lagos Island. The lady was able to get the registration number
of the vehicle. “She reported the incident to the Bar Beach Police Station.
He
said: “My brother and I studied at the Pan American University in Cotonou. I
went to school to defend my project only for me to receive a phone call from my
younger sister in Nigeria that my mother and brother had been arrested for
using her jeep to rob.
I
was urged to return home and come to the police station or my mum would remain
in police custody. “I rushed down to Nigeria and went straight to the station,
only for two ladies to appear and pointed at me and my brother.
They
claimed that we were two men that robbed them of their valuables. We were
wrongly accused. We don’t know anything about this crime. My brother and I are
innocent.”
Recalling
how he was arrested, Chinedu said: “Some detectives came to our house to say
that my elder brother was involved in armed robbery. My mother and I were taken
to their station.
“When
my mother and I got to the station, the ladies who identified my brother as the
person who robbed them also accused me of being among the robbers. I denied
ever being involved in any robbery operation.
The
vehicle actually belongs to my mother. I don’t drive the jeep. It’s only my
elder brother who drives the car.” Owoseni said the suspects would be charged
after investigation.
He
added: “The general public should learn how to report any complaint to the
nearest police station. People should stop reporting crime on the Facebook
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