Senator’s son arrested for alleged robbery

A former senator’s son has been
arrested and remanded in prison following
his involvement in robbery in Abuja.
Police sources told Vanguard that the
former senator’s son, who hails from Ekiti
State, led a gang of armed robbers to rob a
Colonel (names withheld) at Mbora Estate by
Jabi District, where his AK-47 and other
valuable items were removed.
The source disclosed that the robbery
operation which took place on the July 5,
2013, resulted in the arrest of the ex-
senator’s son whose name was given as Ola
Kila.
The source said in the process of
investigation operatives from the Special
Anti Robbery Squad, SARS, working on a tip-
off subsequently arrested Ola Kila and while
a search was conducted in his house
around Life Camp area, Abuja, 16 live
cartridges and some other incriminating
exhibits were recovered from the suspect’s
house.
During interrogation, it was discovered that
the suspect allegedly belong to a notorious
armed robbery gang that has been
terrorizing the FCT and its environs.
The suspect reportedly told investigators
that his friend, an Igbo boy whom he knew
to be a member of a robbery gang brought
the gun and the cartridges to his house and
that the boy has gone back to the East with
the intention of bringing more arms and
ammunitions.
Ola Kila, however, denied participating in the
robbery attack on the Lt. Colonel’s house at
Mbora Estate on the day in question.
He confirmed however, that the said Ibo boy
brought two laptops robbed at gun point to
him, which he sold in the GSM Village, Abuja.
He also alleged that the said Ibo boy robbed
a man at Life Camp and shot him sometimes
in May this year.
The suspect and another member of his
gang were last week charged for false
information at Area Magistrate court, Karu
by the magistrate who ordered that they be
remanded at Keffi and Nasarawa State
Prisons.