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An armed robbery suspect, Saheed
Olanrewaju, on Wednesday said a friend
of his taught him how to rob because he
was about to die of hunger.
According to the 39-year-old suspect, his
friend, a man he called “SV” introduced
him to the life of crime he led until he
was nabbed by officers of the Kwara
State Police Command, to “save him”.
Olanrewaju, a native of Sagamu, was
paraded by the Commissioner of Police in
the state, Mr.Olusola Amore, in Ilorin,
the Kwara State capital.
“I met SV in Taiwo area in Ilorin when
he taught me how to rob. I regret my
action now, but it was hunger that
turned me into a robber. I had been
starving for long and I realised robbery
was the only source of daily bread at the
time. If I am eventually freed today, I
will never venture into crime again,”
Olanrewaju said.
The CP said one of the victims of
Olanrewaju’s gang, one Abdulateef
Abolaji, was sleeping at home with his
family at Budo area of Italepa in Ilorin,
when he was attacked.
Amore said the robbers dispossessed
Abolaji and others in the house of cash,
mobile phones and jewellery. But an
investigation into the attack later led the
Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the
command to the arrest of Olanrewaju.
Amore said one locally made pistol was
recovered from the suspect, noting that
efforts were on to arrest Olanrewaju’s
accomplices who are at large. He added
that the suspects would be charged to
court on completion of investigations.
[color =red]OUR UNRELIABLE APROKO[/color] reports the
suspect said he graduated with second
class lower in the school of robbery his
friend took him to, hunger didn't make
him practise his robbery skill properly, if
he had gotten first class he wouldn't
have been caught by the police.
