The Lagos State Police Command has arrested two security guards,
Ali Salifu and Eno Kela, with seven others for allegedly robbing
pharmaceutical company, May and Baker, in Ikeja Indusrial Estate.
Police Public Relations Officer, Ngozi Braide, told PUNCH Metro that
the arrested guards gave other security men in the company some
packs of juice laced with a banned drug, Rohypnol, to make them
sleep when the robbery was taking place.
She added that policemen attached to the Special Anti-Robbery
Squad were, however, able to foil the operation after some hours
of surveillance.
She said, “On August 24, 2013, SARS operatives received
information that some robbers were planning to rob May and Baker
at Ikeja. Around 9pm, the robbers had duplicated a key to the
warehouse where the company’s products were kept. We learnt
that some of the security guards had connived with the robbers
after being promised N200,000.
“The robbers also gave the security men laced juice and told them
to give it to other security men at the company to make them
sleep. The robbers came in two trucks and were loading cartons of
two expensive drugs, Sulphatride and Thyzamide, into the trucks
when they were apprehended.
“Policemen from SARS stormed the place and foiled the robbery.
The robbers, who were in possession of two AK-47 rifles,
immediately threw their guns into the warehouse when they saw
the policemen.
“The robbers and the prospective buyer of the stolen goods have
all been arrested.”
The suspects, however, said they were not armed during the
robbery.
The security guards also denied complicity. They said they did not
know that a robbery was taking place on the premises until
policemen arrived at the scene.
Salifu said, “They had approached me before, saying they wanted
to rob and they would give me N200, 000 but I refused. On the day
they came, they told me they were going to another company. I did
not know they came to rob.”
The suspect accused of masterminding the operation, Olanrewaju
Simeon, said this was his second time of robbing the company.
Simeon, who claimed to have been in charge of the company’s
security before his dismissal in 2011, said he was expecting N1m
from the operation.
He said, “I have been jobless since I was asked to leave the
company in 2011. But I understand how things are done at the
company. Last year, I successfully robbed the place and made N1m.
This year, I got in touch with another security guard at the
company, Richard, who gave me the go ahead to rob.
”May and Baker shares the compound with five other companies,
so the security guards at the main gate are different from those
attached to May and Baker. I understood this very well and Richard
told me that he would get some drinks, inject them with Rohypnol
and give them to the security guards at May and Baker, telling
them that he was celebrating his birthday.”
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