Nigerian Couple Arrested For Leading Robbery Gang To Attack Araromi Estate Ogun State

Ogun 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.
We 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.
He said, "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.
He added that the suspects had been transferred to
the State Criminal Investigations Department,
Eleweran, Abeokuta.
He said, "The suspects are now at the SCID where
further investigation is ongoing."