Broke factory worker invites gang to rob his boss in Lagos (Details, pics)

Two members of a five-man robbery gang in the Igando area of the state, have been nabbed by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Lagos State Police Command.

Abraham Robinson and Seyi Shomefun, the suspects were arrested after robbing the manager of sachet water factory, Hamadig Pure Water Company, on Aminat Burdge Street, Igando.

According to Punch, a worker at the factory planned the entire robbery. He has been identified as Israel.

The said Israel who is still on the run had suggested his boss got rob because he was broke.He agreed to give his accomplices part of the money looted.

The manager was said to have been attacked on September 13 and allegedly dispossessed of N200,000.

A police source told our correspondent on Thursday that the manager managed to escape from the scene and raised the alarm, which led to the arrest of one of the robbers, Robinson.

The source said,

“Israel is a casual worker at Hamadig Pure Water Company in Igando. He contacted Shomefun to bring robbers to the company to rob his manager. Shomefun went to the Mowo area, Badagry, to get other gang members. They are one Akin, aka BJ; Robinson and one other.

“Shomefun had earlier parked his Honda Accord on the company’s premises in order to study the manager’s movement. On that day, at about 8.30pm, the robbers came. They successfully robbed their victim of N200,000.

“He was lucky to escape from the robbers and raised the alarm.