A motorcyclist who was arrested by the police in Ikate Roundabout, Lekki, Lagos last Friday, after he was knocked down by the motorist they robbed in traffic, has disclosed that he collects N50,000:00 per operation.
The motor cyclist, Segun Oye (18), alias, Assignment, and his accomplice, Ikechukwu Ubani (19) were arrested by the operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) at Ikate Roundabout, Lekki around 5:00 a.m.
Oye, who was sentenced by Lagos State Mobile Court on Friday to 12 months imprisonment along with his colleague, disclosed that, apart from Ikechukwu Ubani, he is being regularly contracted by traffic robbers to ferry them to scenes of robbery and to safety after operation.
He added that before been contracted by Ubani, he was taking three guys from Ibadan to Ajah and Ikate to rob in traffic and snatch mobile phones both at night and early in the morning, maintaining that his contract fee was N50,000.
He noted that when his customers relocated from Lagos to Ibadan, Ubani engaged him, adding that, he took him from Costain, where they both reside to Ajah, Lekki and Ikate to rob in traffic.
Ikechukwu Ubani, an ex – convict, in his confession stated that he graduated from pickpocketing to traffic robbery around July, 2021, stressing that he has only gone out with Oye seven times.
He pointed that after robbing in Ikate traffic last Friday, he thought it was successful until he noticed a vehicles crashing into the waiting okada, which he had mounted to escape.
The suspect had been handed over to the officials of the Nigeria Correctional Service.
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