The suspects were arrested by the detectives almost two months after they allegedly killed the victim identified as Amos Oyemechi Chukwuka.

Two suspected armed robbers have narrated how they macheted a man to death and sold his tricycle for N300,000. 

This happened after they were arrested by men of the Ogun state police command.

The suspects, Famoriyo Damilola, 34, and 31-year-old Akinbayo Emmanuel, his first cousin, were arrested by the detectives almost two months after they allegedly killed the victim identified as Amos Oyemechi Chukwuka, in an attempt to rob him of his tricycle.

In an interview with the Nigerian Tribune, Damilola, who said he hails from Ile-Ife in Osun State but lives in Ikorodu, Lagos, narrated how he went into robbery to make money. 

“I’m 34, married with four kids. I’m an auto technician, popularly known as a mechanic. I have a first cousin, Akinbayo Emmanuel Abiodun. Our mothers are siblings from Modakeke Town but married from Ile Ife. My cousin is also a mechanic. He lived with my mother before he married, but we both live and work in Ikorodu,” he said. 

“We started in December 2021. It was a friend popularly called ‘Mefa’ (six), also a mechanic, that brought the suggestion. However, he was killed during a clash between two cult groups in Ikorodu early in 2022. He was a cult member. We used to relate and he would give us money to spend.

“One day, as we were discussing, he suggested to us that we should be robbing owners of tricycles and motorcycles to make money. He told us to lure riders to quiet areas by pretending to be passengers. He said we should frighten the riders with cutlass to make them surrender easily. He, however, told us to use the cutlass to kill stubborn ones who refused to surrender their bikes or tricycles. He also connected us with a buyer of the tricycles and bikes.

“Whenever we went for the operation, we would sell whichever of the two products we got, wait for a couple of months to make sure no one was after us, and then strike again

“We usually operated at Agoro area in Ijebu Ode. It was Mefa who described the place to us. He used to follow us to operations before his death. On December 13, 2022, my cousin (Abiodun), and I went to Ijebu Ode in Ogun State to forcefully take a tricycle from its owner.

“As usual, we left Ikorodu for Ijebu Ode in the morning. We got there between 11am and 12noon. We boarded the tricycle at Obalende and told the rider to take us to Agoro area, which is a quiet area with few buildings.

“When we got there, we ordered him to get down but he was very heady. He told us that he could not surrender his possession to us. That was when I started inflicting machete cuts on his head. As I did, he started running and shouting but no one came to his rescue. Thereafter, he fell down and we moved off with the tricycle. We sold it for N300,000.

“In our past experiences, our victims usually ran away in fear, abandoning their possessions as we pursued them with the cutlass. However, our last victim did not yield to our threat. He refused to allow us take possession of his tricycle.

and they agreed on a price.

“However, on getting to Agoro/Ikangba road, they stopped him and snatched the tricycle from him. It was when the deceased tried to struggle with them that they macheted him to death and dragged his corpse to the riverbank where they dumped him.

“They informed the police further that they have snatched up to eight tricycles in Ijebu Ode area, and that their standby buyers reside in Ikorodu,” SP Abimbola said in a statement.

Two phones of the deceased, as well as the cutlass they used to kill him were recovered from the suspects. 

The image-maker said that the state Commissioner of Police, Frank Mba, directed that the suspects be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department for further investigation. 

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