Mohammed Yusuf, who led members
of his gang to rob the home of Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has
said he did not know the house they went to belonged to “a big man”.
The 25-year-old suspect said this
when he was paraded at the Police Force Headquarters in Abuja, yesterday night.
He also said they did not find
any security personnel on duty at the time they got to the house.
Yusuf, who spoke in Hausa
Language, said through an interpreter, that they scaled the fence and had
unhindered access into the compound and entered one of the rooms with the aid
of a jack used in changing tyres.
The suspect said they went into
Ekweremadu’s house to look for money, but said he ended up with nothing as he
was eventually caught while other members of the gang escaped.
He said: “Upon entering the room,
we met Ekweremadu’s son, who tactfully took them to his father’s room and
started calling ‘honey, honey’ and his father opened the door.
“We had thought that the young
man was calling his wife to open the door for him, only to find a man.”
Parading the suspect before
newsmen, Force Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood, insisted that police
investigation carried out so far did not reveal any assassination attempt on
Ekweremadu’s life. Rather, he reiterated it was a case of burglary and attempt to
commit robbery in the residence of Ekweremadu’s residence.
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