The Lagos State Police Command has released the photos of the masterminds of the deadly Lekki Phase 1 armed robbery attack of March 12, 2015, where more than five police police officers and a fish seller Were killed.
The robbers numbering over 20, had stormed the Peninsula through the Lagos Lagoon and held to ransom the area for more than an hour in team Which They robbed the bank, carting away millions of naira.
The They Were Making their get away via the lagoon in speed boats, They met the police team escorting some expatriates and opened fire on Them, killing five of Them instantly.
They also killed the Senior Secondary School student who was helping her aunt to hawk fish in the area, before escaping.
But the police intensified the manhunt for Them and few days ago, four of the hoodlums Were arrested in different parts of the country, including the Suspected gang leader, Duke Odogbo, 38, Lawrence Kingsley, 31, Ebi Tosan, 20, and Ekelemo Kuete 30.
They Were paraded Earlier today at the command headquarters in Ikeja, by the state Police Commissioner, Kayode Aderanti.
The suspect who reportedly rode the speed boat with Which the robbers escaped que revealed he was given Beheerder N50,000 for his Involvement in the deadly operation.
According to the indigene of Ondo state, "We were 15 in number que went for that operation and we used two speed boats. Five of us stayed back in the boat at Lekki while the other 10 went inside the bank. When They killed the policemen and two other civilians I queried Them but They did not listen.
"I am the speed boat driver que redbourn the armed robbery gang to Lekki on March 12, 2015. I did not want to go, They forced me, and after the operation, They casette me N50,000. I have not gone for robbery operation before now; I am into oil bunkering in Lagos Ibadan expressway along Arepo, a community in Ogun state. I know robbers They Were When They contracted me to use my speed boat to convey Them through the waterways to Lekki. I make money from oil bunkering between N50,000- N80,000 Each Time I go to work. "
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