This thirty-two-year-old vulcaniser, Jelili Dimeji (pictured above), recently led a 30-man gang to rob his neighbour,
Oladipupo Audu, of property valued at N1,750,000 in Isheri Osun, in the Ijegun area of
Lagos.
Punch newspaper reports that Audu and a friend were driving on Ijegun
Road when Dimeji and his gang member, who are still at large, waylaid
them.
They were said to have snatched Audu’s Toyota Camry, dispossessed him of
gold jewellery worth about N1,450,000 and a cash sum of N300,000. The
car was later recovered at a junction by policemen attached to the Rapid
Response Squad.Audu told the police that the suspect cautioned his cohorts, who wanted
to kill him because they (he and Dimeji) live in the same area.
Road when Dimeji and his gang member, who are still at large, waylaid
them.
They were said to have snatched Audu’s Toyota Camry, dispossessed him of
gold jewellery worth about N1,450,000 and a cash sum of N300,000. The
car was later recovered at a junction by policemen attached to the Rapid
Response Squad.Audu told the police that the suspect cautioned his cohorts, who wanted
to kill him because they (he and Dimeji) live in the same area.
He said, “My friend and I were going to buy a ram and foodstuffs around
5am on September 24 when we saw some men flagging down my car. They were
about 30 in number. They wanted to kill me, but Jelili (Dimeji)
cautioned them and told them we were brothers in the community.They
collected my car, gold necklace, two gold rings a gold bracelet and a
sum of N300,000. But the car has been recovered.”
Dimeji was arrested on October 7 by policemen from the Isheri Osun
division after a robbery operation and was transferred to the Special
Anti-Robbery Squad in Ikeja. A locally-made gun, phones and two
Automated Teller Machine cards were said to have been recovered from
him.He was subsequently arraigned on two counts of robbery by a police
prosecutor, Inspector Benson Emuerhi, before an Ikeja Magistrates’
Court.
division after a robbery operation and was transferred to the Special
Anti-Robbery Squad in Ikeja. A locally-made gun, phones and two
Automated Teller Machine cards were said to have been recovered from
him.He was subsequently arraigned on two counts of robbery by a police
prosecutor, Inspector Benson Emuerhi, before an Ikeja Magistrates’
Court.