He confessed to killing no fewer than 27 security operatives, including former Ogun State Chief Vehicles Inspection Officer, Yomi Bamgbose.
Kasali, 32, said to have been terrorising the entire South-West, Kwara and Kogi states, was arrested Friday last week by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, led by Muhammed Tijani at Obele area of Ogun State, near Cotonou, Benin Republic.
The robbery kingpin was paraded by the police, yesterday, at the headquarters of SARS, Magbon Abeokuta, with other members of the robbery gang identified as Kareem Mumuni, a.k.a. Baba Owo and Lawal Waliu, alias Ijoba.
Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Okoye Ikemefuna, told newsmen that the gang had killed no fewer than 21 policemen since 2011 in the South-West states, Kwara and Kogi.
Recovered
He said that a cache of arms and ammunition recovered from the gang include two AK-47 rifles with 100 rounds of live ammunition, a Wealthier P22 pistol with 49 rounds of live ammunition, 55 live cartridges, two cut-to-size double-barrelled guns, assorted charms and two packets of Lexomil tablets.
Okoye also said that the gang's female member, Kemi Adesanya, popularly called Special, was currently receiving treatment for injuries sustained during the shoot-out with the police team.
According to Okoye, the gang members had confessed to killing Mr. Bamgbose in 2011 and five policemen attached to the Quick Response Squad at Ijemo Agbadu and Mowe-Ibafo, a year ago.
He said: "The gang has killed 11 policemen in Kwara and Lagos states. The gang was also responsible for the death of five policemen when they snatched a bullion van in Imeko in September 2011 as well as the killing of four members of the Ogun State Vigilance Service and three filling station attendants at Ifo, last June.
"The suspects were also said to have snatched a Range Rover Sports Utility Vehicle from a popular Fuji musician, Wasiu Alabi Pasuma, last August along the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway.
Okoye said: "Kasali was injured in a shoot-out with the police. He led the SARS team to the hide-out of the other members of his gang in Iju-Ishaga area of Lagos State.
"On reaching there, his gang members engaged the team in a shootout. Three of the robbers were killed, while three others were arrested. The others escaped.
"Some items were recovered from them. Efforts are on to arrest other fleeing gang members. The lady amongst them is the most deadly. She was the one shooting at the SARS men."
Kasali's confession
Kasali told newsmen that he had personally killed no fewer than seven policemen. The notorious robber, who is physically-challenged due to burns he claimed to have sustained in childhood, said he regretted his involvement in crime.
He said: "This is the work of the devil. I cannot fathom why I'm in armed robbery. It's beyond my comprehension. I've lost count of the policemen I've killed, but they can't be less than seven.
"I was also part of the gang that killed the four vigilance service men and three petrol station attendants in Ifo. That day we operated with Godogodo.
"Godogodo was our boss and he hated policemen. We also killed two people at the Baptist Church in Sango-Ota.
"I want to advise those still engaged in armed robbery to give up. I've been in this job in the past seven years."
Earlier, the police commissioner also paraded five members of a highway robbery syndicate specialised in waylaying trucks loaded with goods on the expressway.
The arrested suspects include Sola Bamigbade, Abidemi Tajudeen, Kehinde Oguntade, Aliu Hamzat and Joseph Ebenezer.
They were said to have robbed a cable wire dealer of goods worth N25 million last week at Ogere along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
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The Yoruba tribe is leading in armed robbery now, before now it use to be the igbos and the delta and Edo boys. Kudos! to the Yoruba nation! FFK hope these news are not escaping you. We are a Nation my ass!
ReplyDeletefool of the highest order. Why circumstances pushed them to steal, your own pple stealing has levels. 255m to buy two bullet proof car. Keep moving up. Rogues
ReplyDeleteThese guys look very young and jobless. May God have mercy on their soul. They should all be given the death penalty after due process. Take a profile of these men and I can assure you will get rid of at least 70% of armed robbery in this country.
ReplyDeleteThat said, this is the fault of our society, especially our present day family setup where morality, discipline and respect has been thrown out the window; where family values are a thing of the past; where children are giving birth to children; where there is no educational enforcement be it vocational or academic al ; where young men are allowed to form gangs as Area boys demanding money; where, dare I say it, police are with arms all the time even on foot patrol and never seem to have batons radios or handcuffs, where there is no accountability from the police. The sorry state of affairs goes on and on............
Yes, the police deserve a pat on the back now and then for a job well done under the circumstances but they are doing their job that they have been employed to do. The police are responsible for upholding the law, protecting life and property and should therefore be seen to be doing So. They should be properly educated in the laws governing their respective duties and adequately equipped to carry out their tasks, it should not all be about touting guns, sirens, body guarding or driving erratically in traffic.
With all this said, well done guys, but our police needs to shed the image the Nigerian public have of them and go on to good old fashion policing. GHN
Its high time we leave ethnic differnces and face the real issues. Which ethnic or tribe can't be involved in Robbery? We jst pray dat God shuld heal dis land n for as much dat ar still in dis game shuld repent cos sooner or later they will be caught.
ReplyDeleteEmpty heads what has ethnicity got to do with robbery ? We know people like u. Bullet proof car robber kinsman
ReplyDeleteAnonymous 10:16 am & 12:09 am, the last time I checked Tafa Balogun's raw cash of N17 billion was many more times greater than Stella Oduah's N225 million, for purchase of Bullet Proof cars. Assuming they represent their respective tribes, which of course every discerning person should know they don't, who are the bigger thieves.?! So, stop labeling, &'comment on issues dispassionately, & objectively.
ReplyDeleteI don't knw wen ethnic minds will stop talking.....everytin is not ethnicity.....u guys should learn to think deep about where our country is going......hiannnn
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