Husband and Wife lead gang to rob resident in Ogun state

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a gang of
armed robbers, including a couple, who allegedly went
to rob in an estate at Abule Lemode in the Ijoko area
of the state.

Our correspondent gathered that the four suspects ─
Amache and Seun Augustine, Taiwo Dada and Ezekiel
Alawode ─ were apprehended while allegedly robbing
at Santos Crescent, Araromi Estate.
They were reportedly arrested at about 9.30pm on
Saturday, January 17.Punch Metro learnt that the
suspects, who were in possession of a locally-made
pistol, were first apprehended by the members of the
local vigilance group before they were handed over to
the Agbado Police Division, Ayinla, on Sunday.
Our correspondent gathered that it was the couple ─
Amache and Seun ─ who had stayed in the estate for
about a year, that allegedly led the gang on the night
of the incident.
They were said to have also connived with one of the
security men in the estate.
When Punch Metro visited the area on Friday, one of
the victims, Mr. Rasheed Akinwande, said the robbers
stole cash and recharge cards from his house.
He added that he knew Amache as a bricklayer in the
estate, but was surprised to know that the couple
brought the robbers to attack the residents.
He said,
“It was at about 9pm when they got to my
apartment. They were two men and two women
─ Amache and his wife with another man and
woman. But the couple did not come inside my
house. Instead, two strange faces, who wore black
jackets and jean, broke through my windows, and
pointed a gun at me.
“They asked everyone to lie down, and they
collected money ─ about N6,000 that they found
in the house. They demanded more, and they
even packed the recharge cards which my wife
was selling. Few minutes later, we began to hear
gunshots in the environment. The robbers fled.
But the local vigilance group apprehended them
eventually.”
The General Secretary of the estate’s community
development association, Stephen Adesoji, said the
executives prevented an angry mob from lynching the
suspects on the night.
“Two of the suspects were a husband and wife,
and they live with us in the estate. They invited
two others to perpetrate the crime. It was the
security man they connived with who later
alerted us that robbery was going on, and we
informed the vigilance group.”
Our correspondent was shown the couple’s rented
apartment. It was observed that the place was locked
and dusty.
Amache, it was said, worked as a bricklayer, while the
woman was a full time housewife, who took care of
the union’s four children.It was gathered that the
suspects, in their statements to the police, had
confessed to the crime.
The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Muyiwa
Adejobi, confirmed the arrest.