A self-acclaimed gospel musician, Nurudeen Ogundairo, who claimed
that he took to crime to source money for the production of his maiden
album have been arrested by the Ogun State Police command for armed
robbery.
According to PREMIUM TIMES, he made the explanation on Tuesday at
Eleweran police headquarters in Abeokuta, Ogun State where he was
paraded alongside 36 others arrested for various crimes.
The 28-year-old suspect who was arrested with two of his band boys,
identified as Tunde Joseph and Ganiu Ajibode, who confessed to
involvement in a robbery operation at the private residence in Atan-Ota
which led to his arrest, said he had learnt his lesson after spending
over two months in detention.
He said:
“I am a gospel
musician. I needed money to enable me produce my maiden album and I got
involved in robbery to raise money for the project. In fact, I had
picked a date of July 24 to release the album to the public after the
production,”
“I hope I can still be forgiven by the police and God over my action. It
was in a bid to make headway in my musical career that I took to
robbery,”
The state Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Ilyasu, while parading the
suspects earlier, said a team of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad,
FSARS, had arrested Mr. Ogundairo and his alleged accomplices at their
hideout at Joju in Ota.
He said exhibits recovered from them include a locally made pistol, a
laptop and six Iphone handsets, adding that the suspects was arrested
based on information after they had robbed a couple resident in
Atan-Ota.
He assured residents of the state that the command was ready to
protect the peace of the state and appealed to members of the public to
always assist the police with information whenever they noticed any
strange face, gathering or movement within their areas.
