A 26-year-old man in Lagos has been arrested by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad over allegations of theft. Omoboye Ogunyemi, said to be a pastor's son, was apprehended along
with a suspected member of his gang in the Ojo area of the state.
Ogunyemi has reportedly attributed his participation in armed robbery to
his financial situation and his wife's pregnancy.
Explaining his role, Ogunyemi, who is described as a pastor's son, said:
"Though it is my friend - my gang leader - who lured me into
armed robbery, the major thing that gave me the courage to rob is the
financial problem created by my wife's pregnancy. I don't have a dime to
take care of her now. My father, a pastor, is late and my mother is a
farmer in Bayelsa State."
