The Oyo State Police Command on Tuesday paraded two armed robbery suspects who were caught after one of them accidentally shot himself in the lap.
Idowu Peters, who is from Edo State, had connived with Segun Babalola and another man, who is at large, to rob a house on Rafiu Adetola Street, Aromolaran in Agugu area of Ibadan on November 8.
They reportedly succeeded in stealing a laptop, mobile telephones and jewellery from their victims at gun point. Trouble however started for Peters, who, in an attempt to escape was shot in his lap with the locally-made berretta pistol used in the robbery after it accidentally fired.
He was said to have been abandoned by his accomplices, who also took the gun from him. According to the state Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Ndabawa, Segun showed no remorse as he attempted to use the same gun to rob a motorcyclist along Sawmill area of Ibadan.
He said, “He was caught while trying to rob a motorcyclist two days after he escaped from a robbery scene in Ibadan. We are looking for the third gang member.”
Peters told our correspondent that he was arrested when a policeman saw him in a pool of his own blood, adding that he bought the gun for the purpose of the robbery.
“While trying to escape the robbery scene, the gun I was holding went off and blasted through my lap. I fell and waited until the following morning in a bush. But while limping off in the morning, a policeman saw that my trousers was soaked in blood and arrested me. I bought the gun in Ijagba, Edo State, for N16,000. The seller gave me bullets too,” he said. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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