Robbery suspect who raided popular
comedian Basketmouth's home revealed how disapointed they were when they found only $200 at his house
The leader of the three-man gang, 24-year-old Chibuzor Ugwu, explained that they
simply stumbled on the comedian’s house during their robbery spree on
September 7.
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.”
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 N80,000 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.
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