I used robbery proceeds to train my daughter in school - robbery suspect

A member of an armed robbery gang who gave
his name as Afeez said he used the proceeds he
got from armed robbery to send his daughter to
school. Afeez and his partner Wasiu were
apprehended recently by operatives of the Special
Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, Ikeja, Lagos at a
checkpoint in Mushin while on their way to an
operation.
According to the police, the young men boarded a
taxi at Oshodi around 11pm and were heading to
Mushin when they came across a police
checkpoint. Seeing the police checkpoint ahead,
they became jittery, commanding the cab man to
stop them and even tried forcing the door open.
The taxi driver suspecting that they were
criminals drove quickly to the police checkpoint
where he immediately intimated the police
officers of his suspicions. A local made gun was
discovered on them. Continue...
Confessing to armed robbery, Lekan who says he
is married with a daughter said he took to armed
robbery a year ago
"Iam from Osun state, I am married, I have a
daughter, I joined the gang 12 months ago,
I have participated in five robbery operations
within Lagos and Ogun states. I have not
made much from the robbery operation.
Sometimes, I make N20, 000, N15, 000 or
N30, 000. I also make money from selling
phones, gold and valuables we steal during
operations. I was selling Indian hemp at
Ojuelegba before the Aiye cult boys forced
me to join them, that was how I started
robbery with the gang. I was a cobbler when
I lost my mother, I could not continue
because there was nobody to support me. I
have worked as a bus conductor for more
than nine years; I sold Indian hemp for
three years before I joined the gang last
year when Legba introduced me to the
gang. We only use the guns to scare people
during operations. I have never killed
anyone and I have never raped anyone. That
night, Legba called me on phone to come to
Oshodi. When I got there, he gave me a gun
to take to his wife at Mushin but on our
way, police arrested us. I knew him when I
was selling Indian hemp but I didn’t know
that he was an armed robber. I am the one
who introduced Wasiu into the armed
robbery gang. We live in the same area in
Iyana- Itire area of Lagos state. I have a
four-year- old daughter, I use proceeds
from the robbery operations to train my
daughter in school. I regret joining the
group." he said
The other member of the gang, Wasiu said he
took to armed robbery his year
"I joined the gang this year and I have
also participated in five robbery operations
in Lagos state. We are nine in the group. I
was introduced into the gang by Afeez. I
was at Mushin when he asked me to
accompany him to Osohdi when the gang
leader called him. When we got there, he
told us to take a gun to his wife which was
what we were doing when we were arrested.
I have not made anything from the
operations. If I ever get out of this, I will
never rob again. I am a trained mechanic
but I don’t like the work, that is why I joined
the gang to make a living.” Wasiu said