Thirty-eight-year old Moses Keffi, an ex-employee of a second generation bank, who was arrested last Thursday on the Osu/Ile-Ife Expressway for armed robbery, has said he was invited by a friend, simply identified as ‘Ibadan’, to Osun State to buy a car

Keffi was arrested by the police alongside Odeyemi Oluwafemi and Isah Lawal for hijacking at gunpoint two trucks, one of which was loaded with toiletries on January 14, 2021 around 4am.

In a chat with PUNCH Metro, Keffi, who has paraded along with two other suspects by the Osun State Commissioner of Police, Mr Wale Olokode, explained that he lost his job last year as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, adding that he had been engaged in business since then.

The ex-banker said ‘Ibadan’ had invited him from Lagos to check a vehicle he wanted him to buy in Lagere, Ile-Ife, last week Monday.

Keffi stated, “I left Lagos on Wednesday around 4pm and got to Osun State very late. When I got to Lagere, I called but ‘Ibadan’ said he was no longer in Lagere and said he would call a driver to bring me to where he was.

“After about 40 minutes, a vehicle came to pick me. ‘Ibadan’ was communicating with me with the driver’s phone. I was taken to where ‘Ibadan’ was waiting and I saw two trucks. He said I should check and choose the one I wanted to buy. But I told him I wanted to buy a car and not a truck.

“He said I should get into the truck. While that was going on, I saw police vehicles come to the scene and I fled into the bush. I was later arrested by the police.”

But Olokode, while briefing newsmen on how the suspects were arrested said, “On January 14, 2021 around 4am, a gang of robbers fully armed with guns and other weapons invaded the Osu/lle-lfe Expressway and attacked innocent motorists plying the road and hijacked at gunpoint two trucks.

“One of the trucks, an Iveco with number plate DTM 19 AX, was loaded with toiletries worth millions of naira, and one DAF 75 truck with number plate JJI 445 XT loaded with empty sacks of cocoa beans were attacked by the suspects.

“The victims were also robbed of their valuables such as mobile phones and the sum of N130,000. The JTF and police patrol team in the area were quickly alerted and they immediately swung into action and arrested the suspects.”

https://punchng.com/i-was-invited-to-buy-car-in-osun-says-ex-banker-arrested-for-robbery/

I don't know what this man is trying to proof actually.

You said you lost your job last year and since that time you've started this illegal business, now you're saying your friend invited you to come and buy car.

Nigerians and lies ehhhhhh

What were you doing late into the night negotiating the sale of a vehicle?
If indeed you were innocent,you obviously was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

thorpido:
What were you doing late into the night negotiating the sale of a vehicle?
If indeed you were innocent,you obviously was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Don't mind him.
He's just trying to proof what's not even true.

YoonSung79:
Chai! Akoba

Wait!
Are you saying that he wasn't involved in the act?

Fake news, southwest are not criminal

Realtord43:
Fake news, southwest are not criminal

Seriously?

You are not an armed robber still you were with them till 4 am when you were caught... Why did you ran when you saw those police?

LoveTalk:
I don't know what this man is trying to proof actually.

You said you lost your job last year and since that time you've started this illegal business, now you're saying your friend invited you to come and buy car.

Nigerians and lies ehhhhhh

If only u knew the number of innocent victims languishing in Nigerian prisons.
You may be shocked to find out that he actually is saying the truth.
Rob in an area, same NPF will avoid the place whilst the robbery last, then after the robbery they will come and arrest everyone living around there...some people arrested innocently like this haven't seen their homes in 10years.
I simply don't trust NPF.

nifemi25:
You are not an armed robber still you were with them till 4 am when you were caught... Why did you ran when you saw those police?

You're just hitting the nail on the head.
Thanks jawre.
Don't mind him

He is not serious....

punisha:




If only u knew the number of innocent victims languishing in Nigerian prisons.
You may be shocked to find out that he actually is saying the truth.
Rob in an area, same NPF will avoid the place whilst the robbery last, then after the robbery they will come and arrest everyone living around there...some people arrested innocently like this haven't seen their homes in 10years.
I simply don't trust NPF.

Well, you're making sense here sha but he was aslo at that place at the wrong time nah

illicit:
He is not serious....

This what lalasticlala and mynd44 will say too

LoveTalk:

Well, you're making sense here sha but he was aslo at that place at the wrong time nah

True! Which will compound his woes if he truly is innocent.

punisha:



True! Which will compound his woes if he truly is innocent.

Truth Sir

Where's daddy lalasticlala and mynd44?

LoveTalk:
I don't know what this man is trying to proof actually.

You said you lost your job last year and since that time you've started this illegal business, now you're saying your friend invited you to come and buy car.

Nigerians and lies ehhhhhh

so that's Why You Take FTC from Your Own Thread

TANID:
so that's Why You Take FTC from Your Own Thread

Someone can't comment in peace again

LoveTalk:


Someone can't comment in peace again

no mind me i was just try to fight for some people that like that "first to comment" on nairaland

TANID:
no mind me i was just try to fight for some people that like that "first to comment" on nairaland

No problem, I understand

The Face of the Third Man in that picture

Next time when the Devil tells him to involve in armed robbery again, he'll run Faster than Ben Johnson

LoveTalk:
This what lalasticlala and mynd44 will say too

DaddyRochie1642:
The Face of the Third Man in that picture

Next time when the Devil tells him to involve in armed robbery again, he'll run Faster than Ben Johnson

You see am too?

The Face of the Third Man in that picture Next time when the Devil tells him to involve in armed robbery again, he'll run Faster than Ben Johnson

LoveTalk:

Don't mind him.
He's just trying to proof what's not even true.

Bro don't rush into conclusion. Fate sometimes isn't fair and I pray you don't witness the cruel side of fate. The report didn't even say that other members mentioned him as a part of the team. And he also could be but still investigation will show the truth, their call logs and when they started communicating will go a long way.

Though it will take grace to exonerate him , but don't jump to the conclusion that he is a member of the gang. Let's pray that fate to put us in the wrong place.

He has made a terrible mistake.
Obviously he knew that the Ibadan guy was into illegal business and wanted to buy a cheaper vehicle from him.
He might be innocent but his intentions weren't

They always have some stupid excuses to give whenever they are caught

This him story get k -leg