Robber arrested wearing victim’s trouser

A 29-year-old armed robbery suspect, Femi Majekodunmi, who was caught in the trousers of the victim a few days after robbing him, has expressed surprise that someone else would identify the pair of trousers he bought from a second hand clothes market as his.

In his statement to the police, he admitted that he was not arguing that the clothing item was not stolen because it could have been taken by another gang. He was sure, however, that he bought the trousers from the open market, whether it was stolen or not.

Of the events leading to his arrest, Majekodunmi said: “The pair of trousers is my size and not the victim’s size. I bought the trousers from Super, a second hand clothes market, on July 5 this year. I was arrested at Egbeda, but the owner claimed that he was robbed at Banire area, near a church. The owner claimed that the robbers who attacked him collected his bag and phone on that fateful day. Even if you call me a robber, I bought these trousers. I am not saying that I cannot rob. I was not the one that robbed the man who claims to be the owner of the trousers.”

Parading the suspect, the Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, said that the Lagos Police Command is in synergy with other law enforcement agents across Immigration,  Customs and others to make Lagos crime-free, and that the new Inspector General of Police intelligence policing agenda enhances their efforts in policing the state. He added that the command’s quick response to distress calls helped foil armed robbery.

The Second-in-Command, Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Superintendent of Police (SP) Ahmadu Adamu, said: “The preamble is this: On the June 6, 2016 at about 4:30 a.m., one Any Jacobs Martins of No. 17, Olorun Adaba Street, Egbeda, Lagos, while he was coming from his house to Alimosho Bus Stop at Raji Oba Street, Egbeda, Lagos, two men with guns on Bajaj motorcycle double-crossed him and pointed a gun at him.

“They ordered him to surrender all he had and robbed him of one Nokia 225 cellular phone valued at N15, 000, one Blackberry Z10 phone valued at N45, 500, one bag containing a pair of jeans trousers valued at N4, 500, one shirt valued at N3, 000, one Honor Huawei phone valued at N70, 000 and a wallet containing his office I.D. card, voter card, National I.D. card, some passport photographs and a cash sum of N10, 000. During the robbery, he was able to memorise the armed robbers’ features with the aid of the headlamps of oncoming vehicles, and, after the robbery, he reported the incident at the Gowon Estate Police Station on the fateful day.

“On the 5th day of July, 2016, while the complainant was walking along Kareem Laka Street, Egbeda, he saw and identified the jeans trousers inside the bag that the armed robbers took off him on one of the armed robbers. He quickly ran to the Gowon Estate Police Station and reported, which led to the arrest of the suspect, Femi Majekodunmi, aged 29.

“Also, on July 8, 2016 at about 5:00 a.m., one Ademola Omolola (a lady) of Flat Six, Block Three, 41 Road, Union Bank Quarters, Gowon Estate, Lagos while on her way to the office, along Ponle Bus Stop, Gowon Estate, Lagos, two armed men attacked her and robbed her of one Tecno phone valued at N4, 500 and a cash sum of N15, 000.

During the robbery, passers-by came to her rescue. One Kingsley Asuquo was arrested and the stolen phone recovered. The suspect was transferred to SARS for discreet investigation.