His bag attracted the police attention and he
was asked the content. A peep into the bag and the policeman was hit by the
pungent smell of Indian hemp and he screamed.
That was not all. A search revealed two guns
hidden inside the bag. This discovery led to the arrest of Amos Kuesi (24) by a
plain-clothe policeman at the popular Pen Cinema Roundabout in Agege, a Lagos
suburb. He is being held by the Lagos State Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) .
The Nation reports Ogoni, Rivers State-born suspect, who
claims to be a generator repairer, confessed he took
to armed robbery when he could not raise money to pay his rent in Lagos.
Kuesi, who said he never told his fiance that
he was into robbery for fear of losing her, stated: “I only told her that I do
some runs which fetch me money. I am a victim of circumstances. I have been
going for armed robbery operations and I used to be careful not to be caught.
This time, I was careless.
“I had accommodation problem. My rent expired
in November. I complained to my friend, Ifeanyi, when we went to play football
in Rivers that I had a problem paying my expired rent. He promised to help me.
But he told me that he had a bag which I would help him deliver to one man,
Soti in Lagos, adding that Soti would give me N50,000 upon delivering the bag
to him. He also gave me N20,000 covering my transport and feeding.”
Kuesi said his friend told him that the bag
contained Indian hemp, adding that unknown to him, it also contained guns.
“When I reached Lagos, I wanted to pass through
the Pen Cinema Roundabout but a policeman in plain-clothe accosted me and Soti,
who was there to collect the bag. The policeman demanded to know the content of
the bag. I told him I had two clothes (a shirt and a pair of trousers). When
the policeman opened the bag, he smelt the odour of Indian hemp and screamed.
Who are you that you have the courage to carry this quantity of Indian hemp?
Are you a madman? He asked. Before I could answer one of the questions, Soti
took to his heels,” Kuesi said.
Soti’s escape, according to the suspect,
prompted the policeman to hold him. “He immediately dragged me to the Pen
Cinema Police Station.
“When the policeman searched the bag thoroughly
at the station,” the suspect said, “he discovered two guns, four cartridges and
about N16,000 which was left on me.”
Kuesi, who said he was later transferred to
SARS’ Scorpion House in Ikeja, Lagos, added: “I confessed that I am an armed
robber, but that I was not caught robbing at the Pen Cinema where I was
arrested. I also told him that I did not know that Ifeanyi put two locally made
short guns and four cartridges inside the bag he gave me to deliver to Soti.”
The suspect has promised to help the SARS
operatives to arrest Ifeanyi and Soti.
The command’s image maker,
Ken Nwosu, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), confirmed the report.
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