Operatives of the Special
Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS Ikeja Lagos, have arrested a woman said to be wife of
a dare devil armed robber. She was arrested for selling guns to armed robbers.
The 34-year-old suspect identified
as Sarah Emmanuel, an indigene of Ogun State used to hawk wares before she went
into illegal arms supply.
According to reports, the mother of
two was apprehended after some SARS operatives apprehended some armed robbery
suspects, who revealed during interrogation that they bought their guns from
her.
It was gathered that the suspect and
her friend, one Modinat, who is currently at large used to buy locally made
guns from a border town between Benin Republic and Nigeria and re-sell same to
armed robbers.
Suspects account
’’I live in Sango Otta, I have two
children; the first is 10years old while the other is six. I am a trained hair
dresser.
“I was arrested because my friend
Modinat escaped. We have been friends for six years. “She asked me to accompany
her to Idiroko where she told me of her plan to purchase a gun for one Ismaila,
her armed robber lover from whom she collected N25, 000. I only accompanied her
to Ifonyin once. “I am widow and my husband a border town between Nigeria and
Benin Republic where we bought the gun for N15, 000.
‘’It was after Ismaila’s arrest by
operatives of SARS that he confessed that he bought the guns from Modinat and
I.
‘’When the officers went to arrest
her she escaped and I was arrested her she escaped and I was arrested instead.
I only accompanied her to Ifonyin once.
‘’I am a widow and my husband, who
was an armed robber was killed by police, we were married for ten years but I
didn’t know he was an armed robber before he was killed.
‘’My husband was actually killed two
years ago during a robbery operation at Ilasa. Before I was arrested I was
involved in street trading. ‘’If the police release me I will assist them to
arrest my friend Modinat.”
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