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A herdsman arrested by the Oyo State
Police Command for robbery, Amidu Umoru, said it was his destiny to rob
despite being a herdsman.
Police Command for robbery, Amidu Umoru, said it was his destiny to rob
despite being a herdsman.
Umoru and Umoru Sanda were accused of
attacking Kehinde Rafiu along Igangan/Iganna road, via Iwere Ile in
Oke-Ogun area of Oyo State, beating him with a shepherd club and machete
before robbing him of his motorcycle.
attacking Kehinde Rafiu along Igangan/Iganna road, via Iwere Ile in
Oke-Ogun area of Oyo State, beating him with a shepherd club and machete
before robbing him of his motorcycle.
While parading the suspects,
Commissioner of Police in the state, Leye Oyebade, said the victim later
died in a hospital because of the fatality of his injury.
Commissioner of Police in the state, Leye Oyebade, said the victim later
died in a hospital because of the fatality of his injury.
Umoru, 20, said his accomplice, Sanda,
first attacked the deceased with machete before he (Umoru) used the club
to beat him to a state of coma because he put up a fight with them.
first attacked the deceased with machete before he (Umoru) used the club
to beat him to a state of coma because he put up a fight with them.
“Sanda cut the motorcycle owner with his
cutlass and I used the club to beat him. He was seriously injured but
not dead. I normally used the club to shepherd cattle. After leaving him
for dead, we took his motorcycle away to sell. We were later arrested
by members of the Odua Peoples’ Congress who handed us over to the
police.”
Asked for the motive behind the robbery
when he was already engaged as a herdsman, Umoru said he had no clear
understand of why he took to the crime and that it was his destiny to
rob.
when he was already engaged as a herdsman, Umoru said he had no clear
understand of why he took to the crime and that it was his destiny to
rob.
“I don’t know why I did it. I cannot
even ride a motorcycle. I am a herdsman and this is my first time of
being arrested or robbing people. Whatever Allah desires must come to
past. I think it is my destiny to rob,” he said.
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