A physically challenged man, Sunday Olojede,
also known as Oba Aro -has been arrested by
security operatives in Oyo state, for allegedly
heading a gang which specialised in snatching
bikes from owners after luring them to deserted
areas in the guise of being a passenger.
Reports had it that what he used to do was to
make his gang members follow him on one or
two other motorcycles in trail of the one
conveying him, after which they would attack
the owner of the bike they wanted to snatch
and make away with it, abandoning the owner.
However, his cup became full in August when
his victim proved too much for him, leading to
his arrest. Disclosing the circumstances
surrounding the arrest to Crime Reports, the
Commissioner of Police in Oyo State, Mr Sam
Adegbuyi said that on August 13, a three-man
gang of armed robbers attacked one Bolaji
Matthew along Ago Are and dispossessed him
of his Bajaj motorcycle.
Not done, he said that the same gang also
snatched another motorcycle at gunpoint from
its owner, Olusayo Alao, at the same area, but
the alarm raised by the second victim attracted
the Special Anti-Robbery Squad which was on
routine patrol at the area.
“The SARS operatives moved swiftly to the
scene and succeeded in arresting the suspect
and the snatched motorcycle was recovered
from him.
“Though other members of the gang escaped
from the scene, due to diligent investigation,
they were arrested in their various hideouts and
they confessed to series of robbery operations
they had carried out and the number of
motorcycles stolen before they were
apprehended,” Adegbuyi stated.
Other suspects were Olayiwola Amoo (38),
Abiodun Adebayo a.k.a. Omileniyan (25), Isaac
Idowu a.k.a. Alausa (37), Abdullahi Adamu (50),
and Rabiu Abubakar (30).
He disclosed that the motorcycles stolen before
the suspects were apprehended were sold to
some criminal receivers who were also arrested,
while the exhibits recovered included five
unregistered Bajaj Boxer motorcycles snatched
at different times, a Bajaj Boxer motorcycle
with registration number OYO FMT 688 QC and
a Bajaj Boxer motorcycle with registration
number OYO YNF 535 QC.
The police commissioner said that the suspects
would be arraigned in court after the conclusion
of investigations.
In an interview with Olojede, he claimed that it
was not long that he joined the bike-snatching
gang.
“I have just started with the gang. The first time
I went with the gang, I picked one of the gang
members on a motorcycle while another
member rode as a passenger on a commercial
motorcycle. When the rider got to a lonely spot,
the passenger who is our gang member
forcefully took the key of the bike from him.
“At the same time, we arrived at the scene and
the rider who initially wanted to put up a
resistance became afraid. He left the bike and
ran away. The second time was similar but we
were not successful the third time,” he said.
One of the victims, Olusayo Alao, also narrated
his experience to Crime Reports: “Olojede
stopped me that I should take him to Ayelomo
Hotel. I said I didn’t know the place and he
tried to describe it. As we were going, I noticed
the road he took me through was lonely and
there were no houses there.
“Unknown to me, two others were following us
on a motorcycle. Suddenly, Sunday slapped me.
As I wanted to escape, the bike went off and
Sunday pushed me to the ground with the bike.
I got up and rained blows on him, at the same
time crying for help.
“His two other gang members started beating
me and when I struggled with them not to take
the bike away, they carried Olojede and put him
on their motorcycle. But I dragged him down
from the bike. Some people and a patrol team
came to where we were and helped in
apprehending him.”
Source; Tribune
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