recounted their escapades before their reign
in the underworld was forced to a halt by
the police.
Twenty-four-year-old Moses Adelawo, son
of a landlord in Ajao Estate, Lagos; Felix
Sunday, alias K-Money, and Abbey Yinusa,
who claimed that the former lured him into
raping girls, are members of a dreaded
gang. So is Ike Leke, 26, aka Bombom. They
were arrested on Wednesday.
Their gang, led by Abiodun Ogunjobi, aka
Godogodo, terrorised the Southwest before
it was smashed last Sunday by the Special
Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Lagos State
Police Command.
Leke, 26, told The Nation on Wednesday
that he enjoyed raping daughters of their
victims. His reason: Some ladies who
advised him to take to armed robbery
abandoned him when police declared him
wanted after an operation in Lagos.
"Women who lured me into crime
abandoned me when I most needed them.
They even ran away with my money,
thinking that I would die. For that, I
developed deep hatred for them," he said,
adding: "I smoke Indian hemp and this also
contributed to my misbehaviour. I did not
use condom because I was not afraid of HIV/
AIDS."
Explaining how they recently operated at
the Ajao Estate before their arrest, Moses
said: "I was the one who supplied the
information about the warehouse we
robbed. I once worked in the warehouse. I
used to join my gang members in house-to-
house operations. I was outside the
warehouse one day when I was called inside
to join others in off-loading cartons of
assorted handsets. When I entered, I saw my
colleagues counting money in millions. I
alerted members of my gang who invited
Godogodo to join us. They came in two
Range Rover jeeps (Sports Utility Vehicles
(SUVs)."
Recalling his arrest, Moses said: "My wife
gave birth to a baby girl and I slaughtered a
cow to celebrate her naming, but unknown
to me, the scorpions (SARS operatives) were
after me over the warehouse robbery."
Describing Godogodo, he said: "None of us
had the courage to look him in the face.
Everybody feared him. He is so deadly to
the extent that he would fire a human being
with AK47 rifle as if he was killing a fowl.
He killed policemen mercilessly."
A soldier, identified as Awa, denied the
claim by Uche, another suspect, that he had
been supplying the gang with uniforms,
saying that it was Obasi, also a soldier, that
supplied the uniforms to a late member of
the gang, whose name he gave as Joseph.
Yinusa said he was forced to participate in
raping victims' daughters, adding:
"If you didn't join them in that act, they
might suspect you and even kill you. So, I
did what they did to avoid such a suspicion.
At times, I would pretend to do it, tuck back
my organ into my pant and dress up."
Urogbo, Delta State-born Sunday said
Godogodo led the Oro, Kwara State
operation that rocked the whole state
recently. He said two gangs carried out the
robbery.
He said: "I am a commercial bus driver. I
used to ply Okokomaiko to Oyingbo. We
were more than 12 boys who participated in
Oro bank robbery in January this year. We
operated at Union Bank and First Bank
because both are opposite each other. Paul,
one of us invited Godogodo because he was
feared by people and policemen. That fateful
day at about 5pm when the banks had
closed doors, Paul called and when we got
there, we started shooting. About eight of us
carried AK47 rifles with loaded magazines.
"The shooting made people to run for dear
lives. When we reached the bank, we used
dynamite to blow open its door and carted
away money, both in naira and dollars. We
got over N10 million. The operation lasted
only five minutes. Besides the Oro robbery,
I participated in the operation along Ijebu-
Ode-Shagamu Road. I drove the first motor
while Godogodo drove the second.
"It was Godogodo who opened fire on the
bullion van and forced its escorts to run
away. He later blocked the bullion van. I
don't know how many millions of naira we
got there, but I was given N120,000."
Corroborating Sunday, Godogodo said: "Yes,
I participated in the Oro robbery, but some
of my people are worse than me. I prefer
house-to-house robbery to bank operations.
I robbed where I had correct information
that there was big money. I could clear
anybody off my way to get the money. But
my members also killed policemen."
Godogodo, who said he did not take delight
in robbing the poor, said: "Big men are
selfish. When Paul and others approached
me, I did not hesitate because I wanted to
teach rich people some lessons. I don't rob
poor people; rather, I help them. I have a
fish pond in Ikorodu where I employ people
and my tenants live free of charge."
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