Ibadan, Oyo State, said he "mistakenly" stoned friend's father to
death. Yekini, 36, also known as Ejo (snake), told journalists while
being paraded with other armed robbery suspects at the state police
command that his usual weapon of attack was a stone.
The victim, Kamoru Lamidi, was said to have died after
a stone Yekini threw at his son, Sumaila, hit him. Lamidi told our
correspondent, "They call me Ejo (snake) because I am a stubborn
being. I was only fighting with Sumaila and stoned him. The stone
mistakenly hit his father on the head.
"I threw a second stone, which also it also hit him in the
head, but I did not know it was not Sumaila." But the police insisted
he killed Lamidi when he went to rob the victim's house. Yekini was
said to have been on the run since the
incident.
The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Tambari Mohammed, said Yekini
was on the command's wanted fist for violent robberies he had carried
out.
The CP said, "He ran out of luck on August 12, 2012, after the Special
Anti-Robbery Squad office got a report that he was sighted at Agbeni
area of the metropolis while robbing houses.
"SARS operatives quickly swung into action and stormed the scene
where he was arrested after a long struggle with the help of the
community. "He was the mastermind of the communal clash that occurred
in December 2011 at Agbokojo /Foko area in which several people were
killed while many houses and worship centres were razed. Assorted
weapons like AK-47 were used freely at the time."
The police said he was wanted in connection with many
other robberies. The suspect was paraded alongside 10 other suspects
accused of sundry criminal offences including armed robbery and car
theft.
Meanwhile, one policeman and an armed robbery suspect were killed
during a shoot-out in the Apapa area of Lagos on Tuesday .We learnt
that the robbery suspects, who were four in number, were operating
near Union Bank located on Wharf Road when policemen attached to Apapa
Division confronted them. The policemen engaged the robbers in a gun
duel but a
policeman, Taye Ajetunmobi, was killed in the process
while another one sustained injury.
A reliable source at the police station said two of the suspects
were arrested while another was killed.The incident reportedly caused
pandemonium as motorists and pedestrians scampered to safety. When
contacted, the spokesperson for the state police command, Ngozi
Braide, said the robbers had been terrorising residents for quite
sometime.
She however said only one suspect was arrested, one killed, while
two others escaped with gunshot wounds. She said, "The four armed
robbers have been terrorising residents for sometime. On Tuesday,
policemen received information that they were about to operate. So,
they laid ambush.
"The robbers came on two motorcycles and when they saw policemen,
they immediately opened fire. One armed robber was killed while a
policeman was also killed. One of the armed robbers was arrested and
arms were recovered from him." culled from punch.com