The Special Anti-Robbery Squad,
SARS Ikeja Lagos, have nabbed a woman believed to be selling guns to armed
robbers.
Sarah Emmanuel, a 34 year old Ogun State Indigene was arrested
by SARS after some men revealed during interrogation that they bought their
guns from her.
Investigations revealed that Sarah along with her friend
Modinat, who is currently on the run used to buy guns from a border town between Benin Republic and Nigeria and re-sell same
to armed robbers.
Read the account of Sarah, the
suspect below:
’’I live in Sango Otta, I have two
children; the first is 10years old while the other is six. I am a trained hair
dresser.
“I was arrested because my friend
Modinat escaped. We have been friends for six years. “She asked me to accompany
her to Idiroko where she told me of her plan to purchase a gun for one Ismaila,
her armed robber lover from whom she collected N25, 000. I only accompanied her
to Ifonyin once. “I am widow and my husband a border town between Nigeria and
Benin Republic where we bought the gun for N15, 000.
‘’It was after Ismaila’s arrest by
operatives of SARS that he confessed that he bought the guns from Modinat and
I.
‘’When the officers went to arrest
her she escaped and I was arrested her she escaped and I was arrested instead.
I only accompanied her to Ifonyin once.
‘’I am a widow and my husband, who
was an armed robber was killed by police, we were married for ten years but I
didn’t know he was an armed robber before he was killed.
‘’My husband was actually killed
two years ago during a robbery operation at Ilasa. Before I was arrested I was
involved in street trading. ‘’If the police release me I will assist them to
arrest my friend Modinat.”
Source: Vanguard
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