It was a sad day for Olumide Asiyanbi,42 a suspected member of a robbery gang as nemesis caught up with him on his wedding day in Oyo State.
The state Commissioner of Police, Muhammed Katsina, said the suspects included a 62-year-old Ghanaian.
Asiyanbi confessed that he had been involved in 10 different robbery attacks before he was arrested.
He said, "I was arrested on my wedding day. I met the gang leader, James Agba, last year.
He told me he knew how we could be getting regular money. He then initiated me into the gang. I have taken part in at least 10 operations since I joined them.
"We used gun but I don't know where James was buying them. Sulaimon and Alhaji, who are also in the gang, knew how the guns were bought for our operations.
I have fired shots at our targets but nobody was killed.
The police alleged he was a member of a six-man-robbery gang who had terrorised residents of Challenge area of Ibadan, the state capital.
(These story was first reported by Vanguard)
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