He has been identified as Obumselu. At 14
years old, he already is a robbery suspect
apprehended by the Federal Special Anti-
Robbery Squad (FSARS), Adeniji Adele, Lagos.
The boy has opened up on how he carried out
his tasks within the gang.
According to the police, the gang specialises in
diverting trailers loaded with motorcycles from
different parts of the country to Nnewi in
Anambra State.
Obumselu says his boss, Ikechukwu Peter, a
trailer driver and native of Abagana in Njikoka
Local Government Area of Anambra State,
recruited him into the gang.
According to Obumselu, Peter, who is still at
large, promised to free him from poverty and
frustration.
Spokesman of FSARS, Lekan Ogundare, a Deputy
Superiatendent (DSP), said the suspect was
arrested on the grounds of a petition sent to the
Commissioner of Police in charge of the
department, Mohammed Gana, by Fidelix
Onyejegbu.
The petitioner had alleged that his trailer loaded
with 130 Lefan motorcycles was robbed by some
armed men at Shagamu-Ore Express Road and
diverted to an unknown destination. He alleged
that the goods were loaded on Ojo Road in Lagos
on August 1, adding that the trailer was heading
for Warri, Delta State.
It was gathered that based on the petition, the CP
mobilised a crack squad led by Inspector Banjoko
Oluwemimo to track down the hoodlums and
recover the goods.
Fortunately, the team tracked down another
trailer marked XK134NSH, carrying the hijacked
motorcycles around Challenge Area, Ibadan, Oyo
State capital. Its driver, Ikechukwu Peter,
escaped upon sighting policemen, but Obumselu
was arrested.
The boy told the police that he and his master
were not the ones that stole the trailer at the Ore
Road, Shagamu. He explained that the goods
which are the property of Finos Global
Enterprose, Warri, were off-loaded in Ibadan by
the robbers who diverted it. He said his master
told him that the goods were stolen from a
warehouse in Ibadan.
Police operatives said the motorcycles were
inside Peter's trailer on its way to Nnewi when
they were sighted.
The owner of the goods said his motorcycles
were 130, but when it was recovered, 110
motorcycles were left.
The driver of the trailer that initially carried the
goods from Ojo Road, it was learnt, is being
detained at the Odogbolu Police Station, Ogun
State.
Obumselu confessed: "I don't know the
registration number of the trailer. My master
called me and told me that thieves stole
motorcycles and that we should go and steal
them in a warehouse in Ibadan.
We went there and loaded the motorcycles on
August 14. We were heading for Nnewi when
policemen stopped us in Ibadan.
"I did not know that my master would run away,
otherwise, I would have beaten him to it. If we
had reached Nnewi, it would not have been
possible to recover the motorcycles again. It was
the first time I would follow him to rob or do this
kind of thing."
The trailer and the recovered motorcycles were
parked at the Adeniji Adele Police Station. The
PPRO said investigations were going on in a bid
to arrest all those involved in the robbery.

Gud job from our police this time if the story is not fabricated.