WE SWITCH OFF GENERATORS TO GET EASY ACCESS TO DEPARTMENT- ROBBERY SUSPECT

Isaac ogbonna

Police in Lagos have arrested two suspects who specialise
in switching off power generating sets at midnight to gain
easy entry into apartments when the owners come out to
inspect the cause of power cut.
     suspects confessed to being responsible for series of
operations around Ikorodu area of the state. However, one
of them, Isaac Ogbonna, blamed his resort to crime on his
inability to raise money for his ailing sister’s medical bill.
The 27-year-old Ogbonna, who lamented that his business
folded as a result of the economic recession, said: “I could
not stand and watch my elder sister die. I have been living
with her since I came back from Enugu, after my business
folded up.
“She has been sick and I had donated blood twice, yet the
sickness continued. At first we brought in a nurse who
treated her and collected N9,000. But there was no
improvement. We had to take her to the hospital where we
were told to deposit N20,000.
“I approached one of my friends, Ishola Dede, (pointing to
his partner in crime), who assured me that he would help
me raise the money because my sister had once shown
him kindness.
“He introduced me to two other persons, Ishola and Sadiq,
at a drinking joint. Our plan was to attack any house that
still has its power generating set on after midnight.
“Last Monday, we stormed a house at Ogolonto; we
jumped the fence and put off the power generating set. A
man came out with a torch light to inspect what was
wrong and we pointed a gun at him and followed him into
his apartment.
“We collected laptops, phones and N80,000. As we were
about leaving, Sadiq requested for the car keys, but we told
him to forget about it since it was not part of the plan.
“Our plan was to raid about 10 houses. But he insisted and
went away with the car, saying the amount would cover
what we would get in 10 houses.
“Next day, he told us to meet at a hotel and that he had
sold the car, unknown to us policemen had traced the car
through the tracking device.
“Unfortunately, I was told this morning, after I was
arrested, that my sister died a day before. All my efforts
have been in vain.”
source: vanguard