Dike, is the leader and sponsor of a deadly
armed robbery gang.
A respected business and a red-cap chief, Jude
Dike, has been arrested and paraded by the Lagos
State Police Command for being the leader of an
armed robbery gang » that has been
terrorising the state and other parts of the
country.
The police say the 55-year-old Chief Jude Dike,
who spent several years in Italy doing drug runs,
is the sponsor and leader of the 7-man gang
comprising Joel Eghon, 38, Solomon Igwe, 32,
Ifeanyi Onwuegbuchi, 34, Emmanuel Ifeanyi, 34,
Ejike Emegwo, 31, and Leonard Afoaku, 39.
The grey haired Dike who hails from Orlu, Imo
State, owns a thriving warehouse in Idumota area
of Lagos where he stores and sell the goods stolen
by his gang.
Speaking with Punch Newspaper » when he
was being paraded by the police, Chief Dike had
this to say:
I have my stores on Ashogbon Street, Isale
Eko, Idumota in Lagos. Before coming to
Lagos, I was in Italy for eight years. I was doing
drug runs for many dealers. I came back to
Lagos three years ago, where I met Emegwo. We
were staying together in Idumota. He was the
one who introduced me to the gang.
When they go on operations, they drop the
goods they snatch in my store. I sell them for
the gang and share the money out after
removing my own gains. When some cosmetics
were stolen, my gain was N800,000. On another
occasion, my gain was N600,000.
At a point, I told them I wanted to quit
because I knew I was treading a wrong path,
but they threatened to implicate me and I
continued.
Speaking on how the gang was arrested, the State
Commissioner of Police, Cornelius Aderanti, said
on September 20th, information got to him that
some armed robbers who had earlier snatched a
Toyota Hiace bus around Ebute Metta, were
planning another operation.
He immediately instructed men of the State Anti
Robbery Squad, SARS, to chase after the robbers.
They were arrested and the stolen Toyota car
recovered.
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