Nabbed Mum-of-3 Recounts How She Abandoned Family in Benin & Joined Robbery Gang in Lagos

A seemingly shy mum-of-three, Victoria Momidu, 26, and a member of her robbery gang were recently arrested by the Lagos State Special Anti-Robbery Squad following a tip-off about the gang’s plan.

Recounting how she joined the gang, Victoria said, “I was hustling before I met Okolawon, who is my boyfriend. He told me to join his gang,” Victoria said.

She added that she was once a prostitute but had to stop six months ago because she was not making enough money from it.

“I ran away from my husband’s house in February, abandoning my three children in the process. I came to Lagos to hustle soon after I left my husband and children in Benin. It was a lady I met inside a commercial bus at Mile 2 Motor Park that introduced me to prostitution. She took me to where she was leaving in a hotel at Seme. I later joined other ladies in the act. I was making between N2000 and N3,000 per night anytime I have a customer, who will take me home for the night. This was what I was doing, until I met Okokawon. He came to the hotel where I was staying along with some friends to drink. He later asked me if I will spend the night with him,” she said.

The suspect further alleged that Okolawon came back three weeks later to take her out again, saying that they actually spent the whole day together. She explained that it was on their third outing that Okolawon started picking passengers with his car, a thing which he had not done in her presence before.

“He picked up four passengers, who were going to Badagri, from Iyana Oba bus stop on that day. That was around 9p.m. Somewhere around Okoafon, he stopped, pretending as if the car had suddenly developed fault. It was a lonely stretch of road. Suddenly, another car stopped and the occupants of the car jumped out and I noticed that they were armed with dangerous weapons. They collected all cash and valuables that were in possession of the passengers,” she said.

Vick, as she is known by members of the gang, alleged that at first she was afraid, but that she later discovered that they were Okolawon’s armed robbery gang and that it was a planned attack.

“I was not given anything the first day out with the gang since it was my first experience. I discovered that I was only used to deceive passengers to board the car. The second time out I was given N10,000 after the operation. Outside cash, Okolawon goes with all phones collected from victims,” she said.

She further confessed that she eventually joined the gang after she discovered that she will make more money from the operation than prostituting.

Source: DailyTrust