The Lagos State Police Command has arrested 28-year-old Kingsley Chibuzor, who escaped from the Kirikiri Medium Prison in 2011, for armed robbery.
Chibuzor and two other members of his gang, Prince Nwafor and Ozor Enebeli, who specialised in car snatching, were arrested by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, led by Superintendent of Police Abba Kyari.
Four exotic vehicles, including a Toyota FJ Cruiser, and three locally made guns were recovered from them.
Sources at SARS disclosed that Kingsley, who was a commercial bus driver in 2011, was arrested for malicious damage by the Police at Orile Police Station and was charged to court and remanded in prison.
Few weeks after he was remanded, he managed to escape and formed a robbery gang that terrorised Lagos, Ebony, Delta and Anambra states, snatching more than 15 exotic cars.
A source, who spoke with Vanguard on the condition of anonymity, said SARS operatives intercepted an intelligence report on the gang’s activities and tracked them across various states in the country.
The source said two notorious stolen vehicle receivers (names withheld) one of them a popular car dealer in Ebonyi State, were also arrested.
The source said Kingsley provided information that led to the arrest of others and the subsequent recovery of four of the stolen vehicles.
‘Why we rob’
When Vanguard interacted with the suspects, Kingsley said he went into armed robbery after escaping from prison because he was broke and frustrated.
Ozor confessed that poverty led him into robbery, but that he regretted his arrest since he had turned a new leaf and started a new life in Ghana.
Kingsley said: “I formed the gang after I escaped from Kirikiri Prison. I and Ozor were friends. We met in a beer parlour at Maza Maza area and we became very friendly.
“When the idea of taking to armed robbery came, I went to Benin Republic to buy two guns which we used in operating.
“We robbed people of several vehicles in Onitsha and we did several bad things. But my happiness is that I gave my life to Christ when I was arrested.”
On how he escaped from prison, Kingsley said: “On that night, I discovered that the warder that used to lock our cell left it open and by midnight when everyone was sleeping I went to the gate and pushed it open.
“I walked to the entrance, but the gate was locked. I went through the ceiling and jumped outside. There was no one on guard.
“Then I walked swiftly to the fence and jumped over it. I travelled to my village the next day and after a while I returned to Lagos and formed a robbery gang.”
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