Two Fulani herdsmen from the Ngaski area of Kebbi State, Mohammed Umar and Manu Hassan, have been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command robbing motorists on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
The herdsmen were arrested by soldiers attached to the OP MESA while they were robbing some people with three locally-made rifles.
The police say the herdsmen also have hideouts in the Abbatoir, Abule Egba and Agege areas of Lagos where they perpetrate their acts. One of them, Umar in his statement to the police said “I am married with two children, and my family is based in Kebbi.
I was formerly selling cows at the Kara Market before I was introduced to the gang. I rob on the highway and also steal cows, although I don’t enjoy it. I have stolen about 12 cows this year.I sold them to one Alhaji Dan Manu in Abbatoir, Agege. I sold six to him for N500,000.
I don’t have problem taking the cows away. I know their language.” While the other, Hassan, from Bonza area of Kebbi State, said “It was Mohammed (Umar) who said they had a work to do that night and I should come with them. I thought he was talking about construction labour.
But when I knew we were going to rob on the expressway, I told them I could not use a gun. They threatened to kill me, and then handed me one of their guns.
“We had hardly started the operation when the soldiers arrived at the scene. Others ran away, but I was caught. We were seven in number. The soldiers might have killed me, but I surrendered to them, explaining that it was my first time.” Confirming their arrest, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Kenneth Nwosu, said
“They are the ones terrorizing the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, especially around the Kara Market. They have confessed to several other robberies. Three locally-made guns and knives were recovered from them.”
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