A 19-year old Chadian citizen and cross-border armed robbery suspect,
Jamal Nasiru, arrested by the men of the Lagos State
Special
Anti-Robbery (SARS) has confessed that he normally drinks cow blood for
spiritual powers before he embarks on any robbery operation in Lagos
State Western Nigeria.
Nasiru was arrested after his normal cow
blood ritual failed him and his gang during an operation. He was
subsequently arrested by the police along with him, Abubakar Sala, Ahmed
Mohammed, Umaru Abubakar while their leader Mohammed Abubakar who was
reportedly killed during gun battle with police.
According to
Nasiru, “I drink raw cow blood which enhances my morale and gives me
confidence and spiritual power, any time I want to go for any robbery
operation.”
He said he was surprise why he did not escape on the
day they were arrested and would not tell how many people he had killed
during his operations. He explained that those who were killed, are
those who tried to be stubborn and uncooperative to their directives.
On
how he came to Nigeria, Nasiru said he came to Nigeria through a
popular Islamic scholar who employed him as night guard. He said he
worked for him for several months but was not paid his salary so he
decided to find another means of survival.
He said what came to his mind was robbery and he did not waste time
to contact his friend, Umaru Abubaka who introduced him to other members
of the gang who initiated him.
He said initially Abubakar, did
not tell him the nature of the work, but he knew he was a criminal. “One
day, he asked me to follow him to Kara market in Ogun state where I
realized that he was into armed robbery business,” Nasiru said.
He said since then, he became active and was involved in several robbery operation within Lagos and Ogun states axis.
The
suspects were arrested by SARS after the killing of a security guard on
11 May 2014 at No.7 Jamiu Olotu Street, Isheri Magodo area, Lagos.
Nasiru
confessed, that the late chief Security officer (CSO) of the Omole
Estate was their gang leader who recruited and provided them with arms
for their robbery operations.
He said they usually operated on
Lagos-Ibadan Express way, where they robbed innocent travellers and
snatched expensive cars at gunpoint from their owners. The cars, he
said, were taken across the border to sell.
He explained that
since he was recruited, into the robbery gang he had snatched over seven
Toyota Camry cars, and sold them at a give away prices. According to
the suspect, each Camry cars, depending on the Model, sells between N
350, 000 and N650, 000, and Highlander saloon jeep sold for N550, 000
and N 700, 000.
He also confessed that he normally looked out for
clean Toyota Camry cars, especially on the high ways, or those ones
parked at the Supermarkets and snatched them at gun point because Toyota
Camry cars sells like “Pure water” across the border.
He
confessed that another way by they entered into Nigeria was through
transporting cows. The cows, he said, were sold at Kara Market where his
gang would meet afterwards.
He said sometimes in the night their
gang leader, would hire a bus for operation, noting that, with their
dangerous weapon from his armoury at Omole Estate it was easy for them
to operate. He noted that they shared the loot and returned their
weapons to their leader at the estate.
He said their mode of
Operation, is lectured by the gang leader, who normally gives them guns
to rob and warned them not to make any mistake.
The police
recovered some of the dangerous weapons which they use for operation
which includes three Ak.47 riffles, 5 pump action among others.
Police
sources said the suspects will be charged to court after conclusion of
investigation. They blamed their involvement in robbery business on lack
of parental care when growing up.
Source:PM News
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