Godogodo: Police nab armourer, stolen goods receiver

LAGOS — Operatives of the Special Anti-
Robbery Squad, SARS, are said to have arrested
the mother of a gang member, who also
served as the amourer to the group led by the
notorious one-eyed robbery kingpin, Abiodun
Ogunjobi, aka Godogodo, arrested in Lagos,
last week
She was said to be the keeper of the rifles they
used in raiding banks in Osun, Ekiti and Ondo
states.

Also nabbed, yesterday, was the key receiver of
goods stolen by the gang.
The arrest resulted from the deployment of
operatives to some South-Western states to
track down members of the gang.
According to a usually reliable source, “all the
suspects are now in custody and we are
bringing them to Lagos.
“Godogodo confessed that Odun’s mother was
the one keeping their arms in Ekiti and we
have arrested her. He also gave us the details
of the man who received their stolen goods
including gold jewellery also in Ekiti.”
Victims storm police headquarters
Meantime, at press time, some of the victims
who survived Godogodo’s gruesome robbery
attacks in Lagos State, were at the police
headquarters in Ikeja to state their cases.
Some of the victims told Vanguard that they
were grateful that the law finally caught up
with Godogodo.
Also, the Ogun State Police command has
refuted claims by the notorious South-West
robbery czar, that he was arrested and
incarcerated for a minor crime of fighting in
1999 which made him to spend seven years in
prison.
Godogodo nabbed in 1999 for robbery,
murder
Sources from the Ogun State command told
Vanguard, yesterday, that Godogodo was
actually arrested in 1999 for robbery and
murder, adding that he was charged to an
Abeokuta court which remanded him.
The source at the Ogun State Criminal
Investigation Department, Eleweran, also told
Vanguard that Godogodo spent less than the
time he claimed in the prison in Ogun State,
where he was remanded.
The source said: “He was arrested for robbery
and murder and not fighting as he claimed
when he was interviewed.
“Our records showed that Godogodo was never
arrested for fighting, rather he was arrested
for a more heinous crime and I doubt if he
spent up to seven years in prison.
“He got bail few months after his arrest and he
jumped bail afterwards. As I speak with you,
the command’s legal department is
investigating how Godogodo got his bail.”

Source: vanguard