Sunday Ajewole, a father of 3, was arrested alongside 3 other suspected members of the gang, which had been terrorizing Lagos for a long time, Vanguard reports.
The man disclosed upon interrogation that he usually hid the gang’s weapons in an uncompleted building in Ayobo area of Lagos State at the end of each operation.
The arrested members were involved in various illegal acts, including snatching of vehicles, attacks on Bureau-de-change operators, bank robberies.
Operatives detained the men after having stormed a hotel in Gowon estate, Egbeda.
Speaking with Crime Alert, Ajewole said he reconsidered his life while in the cell concluding that he had been ‘anointed’ to be a pastor.
The man narrated his side of the story:
“I know I have sinned . But God has forgiven me. Today, I am a changed man . I am not only born again, I am one of the Pastors in the cell! If I come out of this alive, I am going to continue preaching the gospel of God.
“Yes! I was once a cultist. But that belongs to the past because God has forgiven me. I joined the cult four years ago after my friend, Tunde, initiated me. I was compelled to join because business was no more booming. I own a house in Ayobo, a suburb of Iyana Ipaja,which was built ten years ago, while I was working in a filling station. Three years ago, I sold my golf car and used the proceed to build a shop in front of my house.
“I went into supply of kerosene and diesel in Ayobo area of Lagos. But all of a sudden, things began to fall apart.
“I was arrested because my friend Omoloja, (one of the suspects ) brought a gun to the Aiye confraternity temple in Isefun Ayobo. Omoloja is a land grabber, he is also a member of our cult . When I asked him how he got the gun, he said it was meant for security purpose.
Owing to the fact that I was the third in command, the gun was kept in my possession . I kept it in an uncompleted building. But I never went to any operation with them. My involvement is simply because I kept their weapons.”
The other detained suspects however dismissed his claims saying that he had participated in the the Ayobo operation where some Bureau-de-change operators were attacked.
The official investigation into the case is ongoing, more arrests of the gang members are expected, according to the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Kenneth Nwosu
