The Punch reports that the Lagos State Police Command has captured the four men who supposedly ransacked Mr. Wilson Onazi, the father of Nigerian footballer, Ogenyi Onazi. The suspects are Kingsley David, Ebuka Ugochukwu, Joseph Ozo and Ali Audu. Our reporter had reported that the suspects on Monday assaulted the home of the Onazis at the Government Reserved Area, Jos, Plateau State.
They were accounted for to have trucked away a few things, including a white Toyota Highlander and an undisclosed measure of cash.
They supposedly caused blade cuts on Pa Onazi, who was conceded in a healing center after the occurrence. It was accumulated that after the theft, the suspects moved to a bar in the group where they pondered on what to do with the vehicle. It was learnt that the four men took off for Lagos and stopped in Shibiri Hotel in the Ajangbadi zone where they were captured by policemen connected to the Ilemba Hausa Police Division after a tip-off.
A police source in the division told PUNCH Metro that the men were captured around 7pm on Wednesday while they anticipated a purchaser for the vehicle. He said:
"We got a tip-off that some suspicious individuals had held up in an inn in the zone. They had been bringing a few people to assess the vehicle at the lodging, however they didn't get a purchaser."
The suspects, who were captured alongside one of the aiming purchasers of the auto, Osita Eze, were paraded at the Lagos State Police Command home office on Thursday. The pioneer of the group, David, 24, a polytechnic graduate, said he lived near the casualty's home and had checked his development, adding that they ransacked him to observe Sallah. He said:
"We are all companions. We arranged the theft a week to the genuine day. I live near the man's home and I sold the thought to my companions. Our goal was just to take his auto for the Sallah break. I didn't tail them into the house. I just indicated the spot them and they completed the occupation. It was after they were done that I went along with them in the vehicle."
Ugochukwu, 26, an indigene of Idemili, Anambra State, said the burglary was simple for them in light of the fact that lone Pa Onazi was at home. He said:
"We found that the man is old and he lives alone in that huge house. He doesn't stay with his significant other or even house help. There was no security man guarding the house or whatever other type of security. We additionally burglarized him since he doesn't individuals."
"When we got to the house, we thumped the door and imagined as though we needed to convey a letter to him from Lagos. While he was checking the letter, we drew out our cutlass. We simply held him by the hand as he beseeched us not to damage him.
"We requesting that he take us to his room and he did. He said he didn't have any cash in the house, yet we took his ATM card, which we couldn't utilize on the grounds that it had lapsed. He gave us N5,000. We additionally stole his vehicle. We didn't touch him as a result of his propelled age; in the event that we had touched him, he could have passed on."
Ugochukwu faulted the episode for monetary difficulties, saying he had never burglarized in his life. The third suspect, 24-year-old Ozo, who guaranteed to be an alum of a college in Plateau State, said the pack needed cash to observe Sallah, including that he drove the vehicle to Lagos. He said:
"Kingsley (David) brought the thought. He said he knew Pa Onazi's home, including that we could loot him, take his vehicle and offer it in Lagos. They welcomed me since I can drive exceptionally well. I was guaranteed an offer of the cash."
"We were not perplexed on the grounds that the auto papers were finished. It was because of hesitation between Kingsley (David) and Ebuka (Okechukwu) that deferred the deal."
Another suspect, Audu, said his lone part was to utilize the letter to occupy the casualty. The meaning collector of the auto, Eze, said he was acquainted with the pack while unwinding in a bar, adding that they had yet to arrange.
"After the meeting at the bar, I gathered their contact and I went to meet them at the inn where I met policemen," he included.
The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Fatai Owoseni, said the suspects would be given over to the Plateau State Police Command, together with the shows recouped from them. He said:
"We are passing a solid message that wherever a wrongdoing is conferred in Nigeria, we will chase the offenders. There is no concealing spot for hoodlums in this nation."