Five Man Gang Robs Filling Station,Leaves One Dead
Aliu Bello and Rafiu Rasaq were recruited to serve
as security
men for Mfe filling station, located along Iju Road
, Ifako Agege.
But barely four weeks after they resumed duty, they
revealed
their true identity.
Daily Times
gathered that both men mobilised their other gang
members from far away Okene, Kogi State and robbed
the
filling station they were employed to protect.
According to the report, the gang stormed the filli
ng station at
about 8:30 pm on Sunday, May 3, and by the time fra
cas was
over, one Daramola Yemisi, a car dealer who was sti
ll in the
premises at the time, was dead.
Daily Times
gathered that Late
Daramola, who tried to stop the gang, was tied up a
nd beaten
to death by the five man gang.
Information also had it that on the day of the inci
dent, the
filling station had made huge sales as it was the o
nly filling
station that sold fuel in that area.
The suspects who fled the scene after making away w
ith a large
sum of money, headed back to Okene, but dropped Ali
u and
Rafiu at Ibadan where they shared their loot, then
the duo
returned to Lagos.
Fortunately, police investigation revealed that Ali
u and Rafiu
were connected to the robbery, and through the help
of one
Mukila, they were arrested and detained.
They have however confessed to the crime but a sour
ce at the
State Criminal Investigation and Interrogation Depa
rtment
(SCIID) says investigation is ongoing as the other
gang members
are still at large.
