A 30-year-old robbery suspect, Ejike Nkennachor shocked police detectives recently in Lagos when he boldly narrated how he masterminded a prison break at the Maximum Prisons, Shagamu, Ogun State, to form a notorious robbery gang that specializes in snatching exotic cars. The stocky- black suspect from Asaba, Delta state went further to state that he was frustrated with the slow nature of justice in the judiciary and that was why he encouraged other inmates to join him in breaking out of the prison.
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Ejike, as he is popularly called, who spoke with Crime Alert after he was arrested with two others in Laqgos and Oyo states by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad,SARS, Ikeja, Lagos State, said they capitalized on the arrest of cult members in the area to plan the jail break.
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The State Commissioner of Police Umar Manko, while Parading the suspects before newsmen said, the officer in-charge of SARS, Abba Kyari arrested the suspects after he got information that the gang snatched a Toyota Camry saloon car from a woman in Ilorin, Kwara State and took it to Ibadan where they hope to sell the car to a ready buyer.
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According to the Police boss, Kyari and his men proceeded to Ibadan and apprehended one of the suspects called Samuel in a popular hotel. They then used him in apprehending the leader of the gang, Ejike and one other member called, Dada.
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Cp Manko disclosed that two locally- made single barrel pistols, twenty live cartridges, an unregistered Toyota Camry Saloon Car, Toyota Carina with registration number, KWL 753 AJ and one Land Rover Free Lander Jeep with Reg No AGL 672 AP, were recovered from the suspects.