Read Shocking Insights On How People Get Robbed In Lagos Traffic

Omoyeni

A 22-year-old traffic robbery suspect, Biodun Omoyeni, has recounted how his gang stole over 19 phones and three laptops in four operations on Lekki-Ajah expressway.

Omoyeni, who was arrested by Rapid Response Squad (RRS) operatives last Saturday, was quoted by the RRS as saying that his gang usually distracted its victims before stealing their valuables.

According to this news source - The Nation,  “Once there is traffic, we strategise and we start operating. One of us from the driver side tells the motorist that the tyre is punctured while the other person through the window takes the phones, money, wallets, pad and other valuables from the other side,” Omoyeni said in a statement by RRS.

The suspect was arrested by a decoy team which received information about his gang’s operations.

According to him, one Rasaq, 24, was the one who lured him to robbery.

He claimed that Rasaq trained him and four others on how to steal in traffic with and without motorcycles.

‘Rasaq is a meat seller at Sabo, Ikorodu. He is homeless and we have been to four operations together. We stole up to 19 phones in those operations. We always operate in Ajah.

“We meet in Mushin and Ojuelegba whenever we want to operate before heading to Lekki and Ajah. We work as conductors for commercial buses and we use that to monitor traffic till 7:30pm when it has built up before we start operating,” he said.

Asked why he has scars and stitches on his face, Omoyeni said they were from street fighting.

“I was rejected in four hospitals two years ago before I was admitted in the University College Hospital, Ibadan (UCH), where the wounds were stitched.

A victim, Eugene Paul whose phones were recovered by RRS operatives, said he never knew his money and phones were stolen until another motorist told him.

Paul said Omoyeni’s accomplice had diverted his attention by fooling him that his rear tyre was flat.

“I didn’t know Omoyeni from the other side of my car has taken my phones and some money. I was still in the car when a fellow motorist told me that they have stolen my phones.