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Kid robbers: ‘Oyenusi’, ‘Anini’, ‘Osunbo’ resurrect in Ondo

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Kids robbery suspects

How my mother’s charms to make me disappear failed

We’ve robbed more than 46 times, paying our parents’ house rent for years

Where we got our nickname

Three kid robbery suspects, Timileyi Femi, aka Anini, 13 years, Ojo Sunday- aka oyenusi, 15 years and Matti Lowe, aka Osunbo, 16 years said they had operated more than 46 times before they were apprehended by operatives of the Ondo state security outfit codenamed Amotekun.

In an interview after they were paraded by the Amotekun personnel in Akure, the state capital, the suspects also said that aside sharing the proceeds of their operations with their parents, they were also paying the house rents for their parents

Also arrested and paraded were the mother of Timileyin, Iyabo Femi who reportedly encouraged and fortified him with local charms while going for robbery operations, an herbalist, Adeyemi Ayodele and his mother, Kehinde Ayodele.

In his confession, Timilehin Femi (Anini) said; “I have been robbing since I was 12-years-old. I used to hide my gun inside the ceiling after every operation. Nobody knew about this. Whenever we were going for any operation, l would quietly climb the ceiling and remove the gun.

“Sometimes I gave the gun to our herbalist to keep if it was not possible for me to climb the ceiling after an operation and I needed to hide it.

“My mother used to fortify me with charms so that I would not be caught by policemen or other security operatives.

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“After every robbery operation, we used to handover the stolen goods to the herbalist who would sell them and give us cash in return. We never queried him on the sale of the items, all we needed from him was to sell the goods and hand over cash to us.

“We also gave some of the proceeds to our mothers after operations. We have participated in about 46 operations. The charm that my mother did for me enabled me to disappear whenever I was about to be apprehended.

“The charm however failed when the Amotekun officers arrested me. I don’t know what happened that day, it just didn’t work.

“My mother was surprised that I was arrested cheaply and she asked me whether I had eaten what I was advised not to eat that could render the charm ineffective”.

In his own confession, Sunday Ojo (Oyenusi), said; “ l have lost count of the robbery operations we have been involved in. We were given the names Oyenusi, Anini and Osunbor by people within our neighborhood because of the manner we operated”.

Timileyin’s mother, lyabo Femi, who also spoke said, “Timileyin is my only son, he used to engage in robbery anytime he was with Sunday. So, I took him to a church for deliverance to make him stop robbing. In the church, I was given a soap with which to bathe him by the river side but he still continued robbery anytime he saw Sunday who is a bad influence on him. I didn’t do any charm for him, it was only the soap I was given in the church that I took him to which I used to bathe him”.

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The state commander of Amotekun, Chief Àdetunji Adeleye, while parading the suspects said that “it is amazing that we have another generation of armed robber who named himself Oyenusi. And here is a 12-year-old confessing that he had to climb a stool to keep his weapon in the ceiling and he was being empowered by the mother to guarantee that nobody could arrest him.

“He has now graduated to a full blown armed robber and was operating a gang of seven members. He is the youngest but the most vicious and powerful.

“We also have a group that specialised in stealing of generating sets as well as those that kill for ritual purpose. We have rapists and a dare devil armed robber arrested in Ore with some cartridges”.

Adeleye said that investigations have been concluded on the suspects and they would soon be charged to court.

He assured the people of a crime free state, saying “in our usual determination to guarantee safety of lives and property, we have commenced 24 hours patrol in the 18 local government areas with the assistance of all other security agencies in the state”.

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Rivers State Police Commissioner, Olatunji Dosu

Police nab fake inspector, recover stolen cars

Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command have arrested a fake Inspector who engages in armed robbery and car snatching, among other crimes. 

This was disclosed by the Rivers State Police Commissioner, Olatunji Dosu while parading the suspect among other suspected criminals on Wednesday.

According to the Dosu, Monday Igbali, the fake inspector, was a former sergeant who was dismissed after being charged in a kidnapping case in 2021.

He noted that three fancy cars were recovered from Igbali, who runs a gang of five criminals.

Dosu states, “The command commenced an investigation in response to a report filed on August 11, 2023, by one Fibika Kingsley that his Lexus EX330 had been stolen at gunpoint along Agip Road by five gunmen.’’

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“The investigations led to the arrest of one Monday Igbali, aged 43, a native of Okwuzi in the Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni LGA of Rivers State.

“He is a former police sergeant who was dismissed after being indicted in a kidnapping case in 2021.

“Since his dismissal, he has continued to parade himself as a police officer, even claiming to be an Inspector of Police, a rank he did not attain before his dismissal.

“He works with a gang of five, with four gang members still at large.

“He has robbed a total of nine cars and sold them for between N1.3m and N2.5m each. He was arrested on March 8, 2024, at his home in Chokocho, Etche, after the police conducted due surveillance following investigations.

“We have recovered three cars from him: a Lexus 330, a Lexus IS250, and a Toyota Highlander.”

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Breaking: Military releases FirstNews editor, Segun Olatunji

The military has finally released Segun Olatunji, editor of FirstNews, who has been in their custody since March 15.

Olatunji was released on Thursday to Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) General Secretary Iyobosa Uwugiaren and The Nation Deputy Editor Yomi Odunuga under a bridge in Asokoro, Abuja.

It was also learnt that the documents for his release were signed inside a security vehicle with heavily armed operatives.

The security agents were said to be masked and the number plates of their vehicles covered up.

The editor was abducted by armed men in his home in Iyana Odo, Abule Egba area of Lagos, on March 15.

His family members were kept in the dark on his whereabouts and why he was arrested.

Several groups, including the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), the Nigerian Guild of Editors, almost daily mounted pressure on the government for Olatunji’s release.

On Wednesday, the Nigerian chapter of the International Press Institute said the journalist was in the custody of the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA).

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BREAKING: Court orders military to release 313 suspected terrorists

A Federal High Court in Borno State has ordered the release of at least 313 suspected terrorists detained by the military.

The court ordered their release due to a lack of evidence to charge the suspects after the investigation.

Maj. Gen. Buba Edward, the Director of Defence Media Operations, announced this during the operational briefing on Thursday in Abuja.

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He said, “The court ordered the release for want of evidence after the conclusion of investigation and other ancillary matters.

“Accordingly, they would be handed over to the Borno State Government for further action.”

BREAKING: Court orders military to release 313 suspected terrorists

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