I went into robbery to pursue my career in football – Suspect

25 year old armed robber, Emmanuel Enu (pictured above)
from Cross Rivers state who was arrested alongside his
accomplice, 30 year old Stanley Enu, by operatives of the
Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, Lagos State, for
carrying out armed robbery attacks on residents of Satellite
Town and Ijegun areas in Lagos state, says he took to
armed robbery so he can pursue his dream as a footballer.
"After I finished secondary school, I started work as
a security man at a terminal in Apapa. I was
earning N18,500. When I lost the job in 2014, a
friend introduced me to robbery. His name is
Onuora. He also brought the gun. On that day, we
took off from around the Wharf area, we were on a
motorcycle. We snatched one man’s phone, and
Onuora said he wanted to ease himself. While he
was doing that, some policemen on two
motorcycles arrested me and found the gun in a bag
that I was holding.
Onuora escaped. My father is a retired naval
officer. When I was working as a security man, I
was saving money to pursue my football career, but
when I lost the job, there was nothing. I have been
to the Benin Republic and Togo to play football. I
was looking for money to travel to Sweden. That
was why I agreed to join Onuora for robbery. I was
looking for N300,000 for the journey. I wanted to go
for a trial in a football club there.” he said when
interrogated
His accomplice, Stanley, said he had only followed his
friend for four operations
“I have gone for about four operations at Igando
and Agbara areas. When we robbed at Igando, I got
N13, 000. We also took three phones and N15,000.
We also carried out operation at Agbara and
realised N25,000. It was at Lekki that we make the
highest amount of N780,000" he said
Both men are in police custody and will soon be charged to
court.