29-YR-OLD JAIL BREAKER RE-ARRESTED FOR ROBBERY

A 29-year-old man, Fabian Oladele, who escaped from a prison during a jailbreak, has been re-arrested for robbery.

The suspect was arrested on Wednesday, June 18, 2014. He specialised in robbery and diversion of trucks. He was arrested by the SP Abba Kyari-led Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS.

His gang members arranged his escape from the prison. They disarmed the prison wardens. A vehicle was recovered from the gang in Okitipupa, Ondo State.

He was arrested in Ojodu Berger area of Lagos. He took the police to places where the gang had taken diverted trucks, and stolen vehicles. Those places include Ibadan, in Oyo State; Ogbomoso in Oyo State and Ilesha in Osun State.

All the diversions were done after he escaped from prison in 2012. His gang also snatched a Nissan Sports Utility Vehicle, SUV; a tanker, and a tipper. The gang leader, one Alhaji Kosomona, sold it to one dealer in Akure, Ondo State.

His confession

“I am Fabian Oladele, I am 29 years old. I am from Okitipupa, Ondo State. I was in the prison when some people came to break our cell and set us free.

“We were about 175 prisoners who fled. We were in Olokuta prison, Akure, Ondo State. The incident happened in the night in 2012. I attended the College of Education, Ondo town, Ondo State. I read Home Economics.

“A friend called Festus Ayeni stole something and I was implicated and I landed in prison. I spent 10 months in the prison before the jailbreak.

“A friend invited me to Lagos. After my escape from prison, I was working on a farm. I grew cereals and yam. When my mother was alive, she advised me not to join bad company but I was disobedient. I am now reaping my disobedience.

“During the truck snatching operations, I was given N100,000. We would block the truck and carry the fuel and sell it. My boss and other gang members are already in the cells of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad.

“They gave me N100,000 from each of the four operations I participated in. We sold 11,000 litres to 33,000 litres. We also diverted a cement truck and sold to a buyer in Ado-Ekiti.

We snatched a Benz 406 vehicle, which the police have recovered now. My wife knows I was a robber. We are a five-man gang.

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