A suspect, in the custody of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Ikeja, Lagos State, said he decided to join robbery after reading his grandfather’s book on how to prepare bulletproof charms. The suspect, Sodiq Dosumu, 21, an apprentice, said he started secretly reading the book on charms while he was 18 and still in secondary school. According to the police, Dosumu belonged to a six-mangang, which had been terrorising Magodo area of Lagos.
Dosumu and his accomplices, Ibikule Samson, 23, and Adeboye Moses, 20, were arrested on December 16, 2014. A locally-made pistol and charms were recovered from them.
A police source said: “The gang was arrested after a complaint reported that her bag and phones were snatched by robbers on motorcycle. We started tracking her phone. “Investigation revealed that the suspects used to snatch phones and handbags. They would later sell the phones.
“A policeman had to go undercover to become friendly with one of them, Samson.The policeman told Samson that he had a lot of phones he wanted to sell. This caught his interest. When he came to meet the policeman, he was arrested. The phone of the complainant was recovered from Samson. It was through Samson’s confessions that we were able to catch two others.We are still hunting three other members of the gang, including the leader.”
Detectives are theorising that Dosumu started nursing the ambition to become a robber while he was still in secondary school. But the suspect denied this, insisting that he made up his up his mind when he became an apprentice.
This, according to him, was after he realised that there would be no money for his graduation. According to Dosumu, the book on charms belonged to his late grandfather who was a native doctor.
He said: “My grandfather did not know that I used to read the book whenever I visited him. The book is full of how to make charms for protection from any weapon. I decided to follow the instructions and made one for myself.
I used to tie the charm round my waist whenever I was going for robbery operation.” Dosumu said that his close buddy, Abeh initiated him into robbery. They started their friendship right from secondary school.
He added: “I started robbing in 2014 because of what I learned from the book. The book encouraged and emboldened me to join robbery. But I also needed money for graduation ceremony.”
The suspect, who said his parents were separated, said: “I was the one that brought Samson and Moses into the gang. I have gone on four robbery operations. We usually target phones, handbags and other valuables.”
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