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More than two months after popular
comedian, Bright Okpocha , AKA
Basketmouth , was robbed in his home
at Lekki , Lagos , the police have
apprehended the suspects and paraded
them before journalists at the Lagos
State Police Command headquarters ,
Ikeja.
The leader of the three- man gang who
attacked Basketmouth , 24 - year- old
Chibuzor Ugwu , explained that they
simply stumbled on the comedian’s
house during their robbery spree on
September 7 .
Ugwu , an Enugu State indigene living
in Anambra State but came to Lagos
regularly on the sole mission of
carrying out robberies , explained that
he was an internet fraudster for three
years before he ventured into robbery.
He said , “ Anytime I came to Lagos, I
took my gang to vandalise vehicles
and steal auto parts. We normally
targetted Toyota and Honda vehicles .
“ But the day we robbed Basketmouth ’s
house . We had operated on some
vehicles in the area that day. We then
peeped into a compound and saw a
very nice car. When we gained access
into the compound, we realised we
could make more money by robbing
the occupants of the house .
“ We then used a bolt cutter to enter
through the kitchen. It was when we
entered the house that we realised that
it was Basketmouth ’ s house . We saw
the pictures of him and his family on
the wall .”
According to Ugwu , who said he had
done nothing else than internet fraud
and robbery since he left secondary
school, as soon as they saw
Basketmouth , they believed they had
hit the mother lode .
The suspect said he pointed a gun he
was holding at the comedian and told
him to cooperate.
He said they were shocked the
comedian told them he had no cash at
home.
Ugwu said , “ We thought we were going
to find millions of naira at the house .
He was begging us not to hurt his
family . He said he did not keep cash at
home. But we told him to cooperate so
that we would just operate peacefully
and leave .
“ We searched the whole apartment
and found nothing . We only got a
$ 200 note in his wallet along with the
mobile phones in the house which he
handed to us.
“ Eventually we left with the little we
could find, we were not ready to hurt
him because it was clear he was telling
the truth when we searched
everywhere and found no money .”
He said the phones collected in
Basketmouth ’s house were sold to a
friend he identified as Osama at the
Computer Village in Ikeja .
Ugwu explained that he bought the gun
he took to the operation for N 80 , 000
in Benue State .
Saturday PUNCH leart that Ugwu
entered the police net when he went to
a police station to reclaim his vehicle
that was impounded after he
abandoned it on a road where it broke
down at Ijeshatedo area of Lagos .
“ I had abandoned the vehicle on the
road for some days . When I went there
to pick it, I was told the police had
impounded it. When I went to the
station to claim it, I did not know the
police had previously arrested a friend
of mine who knew about my robbery
activities,” he said .
The friend he was talking about is 21 -
year- old Joseph Chimezie .
Chiemezie said he met Ugwu in
Anambra State at a joint .
“ He is fond of buying drinks for young
men at the joint. I told him that
anytime he was leaving for Lagos , he
should take me along with him so I
could find a job ,” he said .
He said the day he eventually left for
Lagos with him , a member of Ugwu ’s
gang took him to Ilasamaja and
handed him a bag containing guns.
According to him, he was told to take
the guns to a house but on the way ,
the police stopped him. When they
searched the bag , they found guns and
arrested him.
Chimezie said , “ I don ’t know about
when they robbed Basketmouth . I did
not follow them . I did not know that
the police were looking for them .
“ When they handed me the bag
containing the guns, I was afraid and
would have droppped it and run away
but I knew nowhere in Ilasamaja . All I
wanted was to make a better life for
myself in Lagos .”
The Commissioner of Police , Lagos
State , Mr. Fatai Owoseni, said the
suspects would soon be charged to
court.
BY ADMIN.
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