The Guardian reports that, an armed robbery
suspect, who has been on the run from the police for many months, has been
arrested on his wedding day. And what would have been the happiest day for his
bride in Ibadan, Oyo State, turned out to be her day of sorrow as the state
Police Command swooped on the venue of the wedding to arrest the groom who turned
out to be a wanted notorious armed robber.
According to the police, the 42-year-old robbery suspect, Olumide
Asiyanbi, was arrested just as he was about signing the dotted lines with his
bride by policemen attached to the state task force team that has been on his
trail for months.
The police alleged that
Asiyanbi was a member of a deadly six-man robbery gang that had been
terrorising the people of Ibadan and other neighbouring states, pulse.ng
reports.
Confessing his
involvement in over 10 different robbery attacks before he was arrested,
Asiyanbi believed it was nemesis that caught up with him on the day he wanted
to walk down the aisle. Asinyanbi said: “I was arrested on my wedding day.
I met the gang leader,
James Agba, last year. He told me he knew how we could be getting regular
money. He then initiated me into the gang.
I was arrested on my wedding day. I met the gang leader,
James Agba, last year. He told me he knew how we could be getting regular
money. He then initiated me into the gang. I have taken part in, at leas,t 10
operations since I joined themI have taken part in at least 10 operations since
I joined them.”
“We used guns but I don’t know where James was buying them.
Sulaimon and Alhaji, who
are also in the gang, knew how the guns were bought for our operations. I have
fired shots at our targets but nobody was killed.”
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