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Tuesday 7 October 2014
“I wanted to use the stolen money to build my church” – Lagos Pastor arrested for robbery
A Pastor and two others, who specialise in hijacking and
diverting trucks transporting goods within Lagos and Ogun
States have been arrested by Operatives of Federal Anti-
robbery Squad, FEDSARS.
Their arrest came after a tip-off that a group of robbers had
hijacked a 25ft container bearing 25units of heavy duty
outdoor split air conditioners worth over N25m.
They were later arrested at their respective homes when the
FEDSARS traced one of the robbers to his base in Ijora, after
they had successfully hijacked the goods and transported it to
their warehouse in Ibadan.
The 4th man, one Oliver is however still on the run.
22 units of the airconditioners have so far been recovered,
while two had already gone missing and one damaged.
One of the suspects, who claims he is a Pastor narrated why
he took part in the operation thus- “My name is Peter Iyesele,
56-year-old, I am married and I have four children. I am a
pastor and I have a church along Badagry expressway.
“I was arrested at Igando bus-stop for participating in
hijacking and diversion of goods worth over N25 million. I
have been engaging in these operations for years but after a
while I stopped and invested proceeds from the operations in
transportation.
“For about nine years, I didn’t participate in any of these
operations because I had made enough from the operations
until I received a call from God to serve him. I was doing
well in my transportation business before I was duped by a
woman.
“The reason I went back into robbing was to get money to
expand the church of God where I pastor. If I had succeeded,
I would have used the proceeds to build a house for God.”
The three men have been charged to court while police are
still making efforts to arrest Oliver.
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