A suspected 15-year-old teenage armed robber, Kosi Ebosie,
who was arrested in Umuchu town in Aguata local government
area of Anambra state, has confessed to the crime, saying he
inherited the gem from his father who was also a notorious
criminal in the area.
Ebosie
told
reporters that his family members were not surprised of his
taken to crime as they used to tell him that he was the carbon-
copy of his father adding his dad was a known criminal.
The suspect was apprehended along with his two gang
member, Chima David, 17 and Onyedika Ikesinachi, 16, on
Tuesday, June 23, 2015.
The teen robbers were arrested after they robbed St. Andres
Anglican Church, at Umuchu. They reportedly robbed the
church with arms during the early morning mass.
According to PM News, the trio ran out of luck vigilantes and
youths, who have been keeping vigil in the community
following an incident where markets in the community was
raided, caught the teen robbers.
Ebosie said he dropped out of school to take to robbery which
he described as being a lucrative business. He disclosed that
he do not see himself leaving robbing because it as becomes
part of his life.
He further stated that he discovered at a very tender age that
the urge for stealing is strong in him adding that his father had
to sent him out of the house because of his insatiable quest for
stealing, which eventually led him to joining the gang.
One of Ebosie accomplices, David said that his entry into
robbing started when he was stealing people’s fowls in the
community where he lived. Confessing that he normally eat
four fowls per week until the trap he used in catching the
fowls mistakenly caught a dog.
Following the incident that exposed him, he had no choice but
to run away from home adding that he found a safe haven in
the gang.
The suspects were, however, said to be cooling their feet at
Umuch police station. The divisional police officer of the
station was not available to comment on the incident.
However, a police source decried the growing number of
teenagers in the state who have taken to crime.

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