The Lagos State Police Command has arrested the robbers who attacked Mr. Wilson Onazi, father of Super Eagles’ player, Paul Onazi, at his Jos, Plateau State, home, Monday, carting away his Toyota Highlander SUV and other valuables.
During investigation, the alleged mastermind of the robbery attack was discovered to be a family friend of the Onazis. He was identified as Kingsley David, a graduate of Psychology from the UNIJOS. .
Mastermind confesses: David, who owns a popular boutique in Jos, was paraded before journalists at the command’s headquarters yesterday. He stated that the gang’s intention was to use the SUV to celebrate the just-concluded Eid el-Kabir, revealing also that the robbery operation was planned in less than one week.
He said: “I am a family friend of the Onazis and I live close to their house in Jos. I initiated the plan to attack him. The idea came up when I was discussing with my friends. “We planned the attack in my shop and I showed them the house, with an agreement to share whatever we got from the operation equally. “However, I did not go with them for the operation because I did not want to be noticed. I waited for them at the junction and came to Lagos with them.
They did not go with guns because that was not part of the plan. They only went with a knife. “When they went for the robbery, they told Onazi’s father they wanted to use the car and return it later. We just needed the car to have fun during the Sallah break.”
Another suspect, Ugo Ebuka, 28, from Idemili, Anambra State, disclosed that the gang did not beat the victim as reported, adding that they only collected N5,000 from him including his ATM card, which they claimed they never made any withdrawal with. “When we forced our ways in, he tried to resist us but we held him and took him aside. We also discovered that he was drunk and so did not beat him because he is an old man.
“We went there to get money and not the car because we were told that he lived alone, and neither assist anyone nor like people coming close to him. He is also stingy".
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