Mother Of 3 Arrested For Leading Notorious Robbery Gang

Victoria Momidu, and other members of her gang
have been arrested by the Special Anti-Robbery
Squad (SARS) of the Lagos state Command, Ikeja.
The 26 year old, said she was into prostitution but
had to stop six months ago because she was not
making enough money.

She said: “I was hustling before I met Okokawon,
who is my boyfriend. He told me to join his gang.”
According to a police source, Victoria and her gang
had robbed some passengers along the Mile 2-
Badagry Expressway as they operate from private
cab.

She said said that it all started some months ago
when a member of the gang, Okolawon approached
her on the need to join the gang.

“I ran away from my husband’s house in February,
abandoning my three children in the process. I
came to Lagos to hustle soon after I left my
husband and children in Benin. It was a lady I met
inside a commercial bus at Mile 2 Motor Park that
introduced me to prostitution. She took me to
where she was leaving in a hotel at Seme. I later
joined other ladies in the act.

“I was making between N2000 and N3,000 per
night anytime I have a customer, who will take me
home for the night. This was what I was doing,
until I met Okokawon. He came to the hotel where
I was staying along with some friends to drink. He
later asked me if I will spend the night with him,”
she said.

She explained that it was at their third outing that
Okolawon started picking passengers with his car,
a thing which he had not done in her presence
before.

According to her, Okolawon picked up four
passengers who were going to Badagry. Suddenly,
another car stopped and the occupants of the car
jumped out armed with dangerous weapons. They
collected all cash and valuables that were in
possession of the passengers.

The suspect alleged that at first she was afraid, but
that she later discovered that they were
Okokawon’s armed robbery gang and that it was a
planned attack.

She said: “I was not given anything the first day
out with the gang since it was my first experience.
I discovered that I was only used to deceive
passengers to board the car. The second time out
I was given N10,000 after the operation. Outside
cash, Okolawon goes with all phones collected
from victims.”

Cornelius Kayode Aderanti, the Lagos State
Commissioner of Police, who confirmed the report,
said that before their arrest, the suspects, had
earlier robbed some traders and one of the victims,
who took down the vehicles’ numbers, had
reported the attack at the Ojo Police Station.

Aderanti said the case was handed over to a
female police inspector, who while investigating
the matter fell victim to the gang. She was stripped
naked before her valuables and cash were taken by
the gang.

He stated further that the gang were sighted by the
female Police Inspector around Alaba Rago bus
stop area on Mile 2 -Badagry expressway. The
Police boss added that effort was ongoing to
arrest the other members of the gang.