The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a suspected member of a
two-man robbery gang, who specialise in drugging victims before dispossessing
them of cash and valuables. The suspect, Ifeanyi Chizoba, confessed to have used the means
on over 100 victims, including commercial sex workers and traders. He had reportedly gone to a shop in Festac town over the weekend, in the
company of his gang member, one Aloysius. He was said to have blown a powdery substance wrapped in a
handkerchief into the air, which put the shop owner to sleep.
Thereafter, they reportedly made for where the safe was and
looted it. But as they made to carry one of the machines in the shop, the shop
owner woke up and raised alarm, which attracted residents.Aloysius managed to escape, leaving Chizoba at the mercy of a
mob that almost lynched him, but for the timely arrival of a team of policemen
from Festac Division, led by the Divisional Police Officer, Mr. Ifeanyin Owo.
The 29-year-old Anambra State-born suspect, in an interview
with Vanguard, disclosed that he had been into the act since
2012, disclosing that his main target were commercial sex workers. He said: “My friend, Obi, introduced me to it in 2012. Then, our
targets were traders at Alaba International Market. “We would buy sachets of Actifed and Lexotan tablets, grind them
together and put them inside pure water, which we produced ourselves.
“We would then board a bus going to Alaba, with the traders,
from Mile Two. Then, we would call a sachet water hawker, who, unknown to the
traders, are members of our gang. We would buy a sachet and give the hawker
N20, who would say he has no N10 to balance us. “We would offer the trader beside us a sachet to make up for our
balance. After drinking the water, the trader would fall asleep. We would then
alight at Agboju bus-stop and carry the trader’s goods, pretending to be the
real owners.”
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