Two members of a robbery gang, Lukmon Bello & Jide Abbass who specialized in attacking customers while they are withdrawing money from banks in Lagos and Ogun States met their Waterloo on Monday, after a foiled attempt to snatch a bag containing an unspecified amount from a car parked in front of a business center in Oke-Ilewo area of the state. They are currently cooling off at the Ogun State Criminal Investigation Departments.
They reportedly trailed the owner of the car who had gone to withdraw some money from the Ibara branch of Sterling Bank, Abeokuta to the business center. But unknown to them the customer is a Divisional Crime Officer, DCO, attached to one of the divisions in Abeokuta.
One of the suspects, Jide Abass, 45, who hails from Ilesha, Osun State, stated that robbery was easier for them until the introduction of the cashless policy in the country.
“We usually laid ambush for bank customers, especially those who had gone to withdraw money. It is not difficult to notice them. For the men, it is either their pockets would be bulging or they would come out with the usual black nylon. For customers who came in their vehicles, we would either ambush them or trail them to safer places where we would collect the withdrawn amount.
But since the introduction of cashless policy, people don’t usually got out with cash. Even when they go to eateries or super markets, they make use of POS and this has been affecting our operations.
“We started operating in Ikorodu, Lagos State but since the police seem to have braced up to the challenge, we decided to relocate to Ogun State. This is our fourth operation here. I am ashamed of myself because my two wives may likely divorce me if they find out their husband is a robber.”Source: Vanguard
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