A suspected armed robber, Sefiu Adeboye, 22, has disclosed that his gang drove a Toyota Corolla vehicle stole from a mission house at Akiriboto in Osun state to Abami Eda shrine to enjoy themselves.
Fielding questions from journalists during a parade of suspects at the state police command headquarters in Osogbo, he said they snatched the car at gunpoint from the building on Saturday, July 17 around 1 am and drove straight to the shrine in Lagos state, where they spent N7,500 on drinks.
He added that they were arrested while returning from the trip around Warewa bridge the following day while trying to go and dump the car by the roadside in the town.
“We were invited by a resident in the town known as Baba Papa to come and rob the Pastor but we didn’t get money, so we had to cart away the car with the intention to return it back to the community and dump it the following day”, he said.
Other gang members have run away. The gun we used for the operation, which was our first, belongs to papa.
The other member of the gang paraded include one Adekunle Odekanyi, 21, while a third suspect, Adewale Simon, 37, claimed he was a guard at the community palace and was never part of the gang.
While the car, a laptop, five android phones, a small Itel phone, and charms were recovered from the suspect.
Addressing journalists on behalf of the Commissioner of Police, Olawale Olokode, the command spokesperson, Yemisi Opalola, said six other suspects were also arrested for various crimes.