Senator’s son arrested for alleged robbery

A former senator’s son has been arrested
and remanded in prison following his involvement
in robbery in Abuja.
Police sources told Vanguard that the former
senator’s son, who hails from Ekiti State, led a
gang of armed robbers to rob a Colonel (names
withheld) at Mbora Estate by Jabi District, where
his AK-47 and other valuable items were removed.
The source disclosed that the robbery operation
which took place on the July 5, 2013, resulted in
the arrest of the ex-senator’s son whose name
was given as Ola Kila.
The source said in the process of investigation
operatives from the Special Anti Robbery Squad,
SARS, working on a tip-off subsequently arrested
Ola Kila and while a search was conducted in his
house around Life Camp area, Abuja, 16 live
cartridges and some other incriminating exhibits
were recovered from the suspect’s house.
During interrogation, it was discovered that the
suspect allegedly belong to a notorious armed
robbery gang that has been terrorizing the FCT
and its environs.
The suspect reportedly told investigators that his
friend, an Igbo boy whom he knew to be a
member of a robbery gang brought the gun and
the cartridges to his house and that the boy has
gone back to the East with the intention of
bringing more arms and ammunitions.
Ola Kila, however, denied participating in the
robbery attack on the Lt. Colonel’s house at Mbora
Estate on the day in question.
He confirmed however, that the said Ibo boy
brought two laptops robbed at gun point to him,
which he sold in the GSM Village, Abuja.
He also alleged that the said Ibo boy robbed a
man at Life Camp and shot him sometimes in May
this year.
The suspect and another member of his gang
were last week charged for false information at
Area Magistrate court, Karu by the magistrate who
ordered that they be remanded at Keffi and
Nasarawa State Prisons.