LMAO!!!!''We didn’t rob; we only collected our dues ''– Suspects

The police have arrested four suspected robbers at a Lagos market who
claimed they did not steal from the traders, but only came to collect
their dues.
Adenaij Reporters learnt that the suspects- Onyenge Osanie, Azuka
Eboh, Ezelonwu Michael and Afolabi Shakiru- were nabbed by the police
while they were looting some shops and robbing traders at the Alaba
International Market, Ojo, Lagos.
Our correspondent gathered that the suspects, who are four members of
a ten-man gang, were arrested by operatives of the state Special
Anti-Robbery Squad on December 20.
According to the police, the gang, which is led by a runaway suspect
identified simply as Friday, made use of locally-made guns in their
operations.
Our correspondent also learnt that most of the gang's victims were
phone dealers, and the gang allegedly carted away about 70 smartphones
and Ipads which were worth about N1.5m.
Speaking with Adenaij, 35-year-old Osanie said the gang robbed the
traders and looted their shops, because they refused to 'settle' them.
He added that they only targeted shops of traders who had 'offended'
the gang.
He said, "We usually work with phone dealers in the market who
specialise in selling stolen phones. When we steal, they sell, and
they then settle us. But later on, some of them defaulted, and we
attacked their shops. It was not as if we robbed them, we only came to
ask for our money.
"On that day, we had taken only 10 phones before the police
apprehended us. I had initially escaped, but two gang members who were
caught at the scene later brought the police to arrest me."
Osanie, a father of three, said he regretted working with the gang,
adding that if he was released, he would not indulge in robbery again.
Also, 27-year-old Eboh confessed that the gang did not only burgle
shops, but also vandalised some property during the operation.
He said, "What we learnt initially was that a market chairman was
coming to give out money but he later failed to show up. That was when
we decided to deal with the traders. When we got to the shops, we
broke their glasses and carted away expensive phones.
"I joined the gang because I did not have a job. I have been living in
hardship with my family."
Meanwhile, Michael, 22, said he had also gone with the gang on three
occasions, adding that they took advantage of the traders'
'misbehaviour' to rob them.
"I was working as a truck driver before I met them. I had gone out
with the gang on three occasions to rob in the market. We only took
advantage of the commotion of the market to rob them. It was not
deliberate," he said.
The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Kenneth Nwosu, confirmed the
arrest of the suspects.
"Investigations are still ongoing on the matter at SARS," he added.