Blood brothers, Ikenna Onukwo and Chinedu Onukwo, are currently being held in a bizarre case of robbery, in which they were said to dress like corporate office workers to rob ladies at the close of work.
The brothers, Ikenna and Chinedu, who are 28 and 23 years old respectively, claimed to be students of the North American University in Benin Republic.
According to the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni, the siblings operated their robbery operations like a family business. The details…
While parading the suspects, he said that their modus operandi sets them apart from regular robbers because they dressed up like corporate office workers. The vehicle in which the brothers alleged operated, a Lexus 300, belongs to their mother.
“They would both dress up corporately in suits as if they were just closing from an office. They drove around Victoria Island and Ikoyi and offered to give female office workers who were just closing from work a ride. We believe that their mother was also involved. Like I said, this is a family business,” Owoseni said.
The bad brothers usually give unsuspecting ladies closing from work a ride. They know that ladies love free rides. The elder brother would drive while the younger brother would sit in the passenger seat.
CP Owoseni told journalists that the suspects would later tell their victims that they had boarded the wrong car and dispossessed them of their valuables. It was alleged the siblings would sometimes take their victims to an ATM and force them to withdraw money.
The police said some ladies got raped in the process while the brothers brutally beat victims who dared to give them wrong ATM PIN.
According to the police commissioner, even though many victims never reported the attack, the latest victim summoned the courage to report to the police more than 48 hours after the incident.
According to PUNCH, the lady managed to memorise the registration number of the vehicle and through the collaboration of the Federal Road Safety Corps, the police traced an address attached to the number plate to a house at Surulere, where the suspects were caught.
During investigation, police tracked down about five other victims, who all identified the suspects.
An investigating police officer said the suspects were picked out of an identity parade by all the victims.
When PUNCh spoke with the brothers, they denied that they knew anything about the crime. Story…
Ikenna said, “All these are wrong allegations. We don’t rob anyone. We are just students from the North American University, it is a wrong allegation. We don’t know anything they are talking about.
“At first, they arrested my brother and said he was responsible along with some other guys. Now they say I am involved, I don’t know anything.
“I don’t know the victims, and I have never seen them before. I cannot explain how they were all able to identify us.”
On his part, Chinedu also denied the allegation, he said when the police arrested him, they only told him they were looking for his elder brother.
Chinedu, who claimed to be a 300 level Computer Science student of the North American University, said, “I asked how it all happened since I knew nothing and asked if they recognised me and they pointed at me.
“I don’t rob people, even the vehicle they are talking about belongs to my mother. I don’t drive it around. When my brother came over, the same people also identified him.
“They said the person who was driving the vehicle when they were robbed had beards. Look at my brother; does he have beards like the victims claimed? It is a false allegation.
“I can’t explain how they identified our number plate. My brother usually drives the vehicle. The only time I ever drove my mother’s car was this last Friday.”
CP Owoseni said police has concluded investigation and the suspects would be charged to court soon.
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