by Oge Okonkwo
The Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), has apprehended a seven-man robbery gang spearheaded by a woman, Chioma Ezekwesiri, in Lagos, south-west, Nigeria.
The suspects, 41-year-old Amadi Igwe, 24-year-old Raymond Chukwuka, 27-year-old Ignatius Okeredi, 52-year-old Michael Madu, 52, and 28-year-old Okechukwu Jerome, and Chioma were arrested while trying to rob Bolatito Hotel, located at Kola bus stop,in Ijaiye area of Lagos.
According to Ezekwesiri, she had arranged for the guns with Raymond Chukwuka which they were supposed to use for the operation, which she insisted was a land matter, whereas the police said their mission was allegedly to rob a male customer of the hotel who also sells fertilizer of N8 million.
PM news reports:
The alleged robbery operation, according to the police, was foiled by some staff of the hotel, who promptly made a distress call to SARS operatives.
The law enforcement agents were said to have surrounded the hotel, and later searched all its occupants. It was in the process that two locally made guns and 12 live ammunition were recovered from the robbery suspects.
“We received a distress call from a staff of Bolatito Hotel, who said they suspected some people around the hotel. The Special Anti-Robbery Squad moved in, surrounded the place and demanded to search everybody. It was in the process that two guns and 12 live ammunition were recovered in Chioma’s car. This led to the arrest of all her gang members,” a top police source told P.M.NEWS.
Following their arrest and conclusion of investigation, the police took them to court.
Chioma, 35, who claimed to be a Law graduate from the University of Lagos, was remanded in prison custody along with six other members of her gang by Magistrate A.O. Komolafe of the Magistrates’ Court, Ikeja.
They are facing a three count charge of robbery, conspiracy and unlawful possession of firearms.
•The suspected seven-man robbery gang, including Chioma, their leader
Chioma claimed that she graduated from UNILAG in 1999, was called to the bar in 2000, and owns a Non-Governmental Organisation, Youth of All Nations Empowerment Association. But authorities of the University of Lagos said she did graduate from that institution.
An officer of the school, who craved anonymity, said Chioma cannot claim to be an alumnus of the university if she cannot provide her matriculation number.
“The fact that she claimed to have gone to Law School with the first batch is not substantial enough. UNILAG usually sends graduating students at a stretch, not in batches. My position on the issue is that she did not graduate from UNILAG, and so she was not our student,” the officer said.
Chioma’s claim of being called to the Bar was also debunked by Barrister Tunji Busari of Cognate Solicitors, who explained that “we have a directory for all lawyers. We have all their names with the year they were called to bar, with their NBA registration numbers. When I checked through her name in the directory, I could not find her name in my record book.”
When our reporter called Mr. J.E. Joshua, the chairman of Youth of All Nations Empowerment Association, he denied that Chioma is the founder of the association.
“She just participated in a charity work which the association embarked on in April, and promised to participate fully in other projects of the NGO. But we decided to stop working with her when we realised that she wasn’t a straight forward person. She is not working with us,” Joshua stated.
my God of chosen can do more dan dat. He is de alpha and om. De begining ad de end. De first and last. He is de light of de world.
I am so so tired of Nigerians when it comes to disowning or disclaiming sumbody who has done so bad. It doesn’t really matter if she graduated from unilag or cambridge uni. Some idiots are quick to want to disown in cases like this, but if it was something even as trivial as winning the stupid BBA show, they will be quick to claim even if she was in unilag for just a week. One thing is clear, its not like Unilag wld save her from d ordeal and she wldnt have mentioned Unilag if she didot have anything to do with unilag. What should be of concern and bother is what our 9ja is turning out to be as a result of rot in the government, in the society and everywhere. Educational system is getting worse by the day, Religious leaders are there for their pockets, there is moral decadence everywhere, prostitution is the main order of the moment, YAHOO boys are everly on the increase, the greed for and worship for money is too much. Corruption is everywhere and halting the country. So what has Unilag got to do with it?
I am Alex Coleman and I’m American. I am so full of Joy today because of something I thought can never happen has happen in my life and I must share it with the world majorly because, it might give you that is reading, hope and maybe solution to whatsoever that might be your concern.
Around Late-August, something happened at my working place that gave way to my out of work and as if that wasn't enough, I was charged for assault on one of my superiors in office which I never did but a set-up thing to tarnish my personality and record because I am black and was doing better than the whites in the company. When this thing happened, my family was in jeopardy as I couldn't cater the needs of the family, my children that once ate anytime they love to couldn't eat up to twice a day and I couldn’t pay their college tuition fee. I and the kids have to depend on the little income of my wife and it was a shame to me for I was supposed to be the bread-winner of the family. And still in those difficulties, I will have to go to court and paying visits to my lawyer for the sake of freedom.
In all this, I was confused, frustrated and anytime I embark on searching for a new job, my offer is always turn down and that made me sick. I did all I could do just to make the company call me back and drop the charges but no way. Something pop my head on a certain day to visit internet for help and while I was surfing, I came across a website in which someone by name, George Merrick gave a testimony on how he was cured of weak erection that made his wife to desert him and how he became reunited with his wife through a powerful spell and magic lord on [email protected] and I said to myself “Maybe, this spell and magic lord can help me out of my problem” and I contacted him for help, immediately, he gave me a reply and assured me that I shouldn’t worry that my situation was one that shouldn’t weigh me down. Then he told me that before he could help me, that I need to provide some traditional recipes to consult and seek the attention of the gods of his ancestors to my aid.
And the recipes, he enlisted to me and directed me to a hunter in Kenya to providing the recipes. At first, I were scared and afraid it might be crook but I remembered a friend of mine who was Ghanaian and then I told him about it and he understood my ordeal and told me he could help me with the recipes, that they were common in his country and then I told the great Dr. Esiendo about it and he said to me, “fine, tell your friend to go near a river and call out my name seven times with the recipes at hand; and then the recipes shall appear at my temple. I told my friend what this god said and he promised to do it and surprisingly, at dusk, I received email from Dr. Esiendo that the recipes were at the temple and I quickly call my friend and he told me he had done that which I requested him to do and I was happy.
Later that day, Dr. Esiendo emailed me and told me he had completed the spell and he gave me instructions on what to do and I did as he instructed and to cut my testimony short, exactly a week, a letter of reinstatement back to work was sent to me by the same company that fucked my ass and charges were dropped. And amazingly, I was promoted and those that blackmailed me were demoted.
Today, I cater for my family’s needs; my children are back to college and we are all happy.
If not for Dr. Esiendo at [email protected], I am not sure if I will be testifying now. Indeed, he’s a problem solver and a restorer of lost glory.
Please if you’re experiencing some couple of shits now, don’t fail to contact Hoodoo magic lord, DR. ESIENDO because I am well-sure that if he could help me then he can help you.
FARE-WELL
What in the name of God you want to turn the name of this country into Mr fake American Scammer. Are these your american english. Please don’t mail or call anyone its a scam