Joy Anyim
An ex-convict, Adeniyi Ajayi, arrested for armed robbery and rape, has begged Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Hakeem Odumosu, to kill him, rather than charge him to court.
Ajayi, alias Ogologo, who was arrested by operatives of the Command’s Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), said he did not want to return to the correctional facility, because he would become more hardened.
The 27-year-old suspect, who operates as a one-man squad, said it was his previous experience at the correctional centre that made him graduate from the crime of pickpocket to armed robbery and rape.
The suspect, who was paraded by Mr. Odumosu, at the Police Command Headquarters, in Ikeja, on Wednesday, confessed to raping a house wife and a maid, during a robbery operation.
He said, “I go to rob people at night, and I go alone. I operate alone. I used a torchlight and a knife to scare my victims.
“It is only when a victims try to prove stubborn that I rape them, to teach them a lesson. I have raped only two ladies, one a wife and the other a house girl.
“I just want the police to waste me because I don’t have anything good to give to the society. I don’t want them to send me back to the correctional centre.
“It was my stay at the correctional centre that made me become worse. I only stole a phone when I was sent to correctional centre, but when I got there, the inmates told me to go into big time robbery when I regain freedom.
“If I had gotten someone to help me when I regained freedom 10 months ago, I wouldn’t have followed their advice. But I didn’t have anyone to help me, so I went into armed robbery.
“I fear that if I go back to correctional centre, the inmates will still poison me the more. It is obvious I cannot be of any good to the society. I will continue to cause trouble for the police, so they should just kill me.”
Speaking on how the suspect was arrested, Mr. Odumosu said he had robbed some female and male staff of a company on June 16, 2020.
He said a phone the suspect stole was tracked by operatives, and he was arrested in a hotel at Ijora Badia area of the state.
The state’s police boss said, “Some female staff and a male staff of a particular company reported at Sabo Police Station that while on duty at the company, Ajayi forcefully gained entrance into the Company building.
The suspect claimed to be in company of other members of his gang outside the premises.
CP Odumosu continued, “He tied the hands and legs of the staff and robbed them of their four phones, two laptops and ATM card.
“He sexually harassed the female staff. The suspect was arrested in a hotel at Ijora Badia by SARS operatives.
“The stolen phones were recovered from him. It was revealed that the suspect operates alone. He was recently released from prison custody.
“He equally confessed to series of robbery and rape he single handedly committed around Sabo and its environs.
“In the cause of investigation, more than eight female survivors affirmed that the suspect in the recent time robbed and raped them, even in the presence of their husbands and other family.”
The police boss maintained the suspect would be charged to court soon.
