Posted on: 10:05 Tue, 24 Nov 2015



Men of the Special A n t i – Ro b b e r
y Squad (SARS) attached to Zone 2,
Lagos have arrested two suspects
who specialised in the diversion of
stolen goods from Apapa Sea Port.

The suspects, identified as Benson
Odefila and Amechi Enemmuou,
were arrested after buying a musical
equipment loaded in a 40-feet
container, valued at N19.5 million
for just N600,000.

It was gathered that the truck driver
was contracted by the owner of the
container to transport the goods to
his warehouse after it was cleared at
the port, but he diverted and sold the
goods for N600,000 to the suspects.

The Assistant Inspector General of
Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 2, Bala
Hassan, who paraded the suspects
before journalists, said the police got
a distress call that some hoodlums
had diverted a container with goods
worth N19.5 million to an unknown
destination within Lagos State.

“I directed the officer in charge of
SARS, Peter Gana, to trail and
apprehend the suspects. Through
surveillance and information
gathering, one of the suspects,
Benson Odefila, was arrested at
Ajangbadi area of the state.

During interrogation, he confessed to
the crime and mentioned one Amas
and two other members of his gang
while another suspect identified as
Amechi Enemmuou the receiver of
the goods was arrested,” Hassan
said.

The AIG said Enemmuou led
operatives to recover all the goods.
Enemmuou admitted committing the
crime but blamed greed for his
involvement.

He said: “The price at which the
goods were sold to me was difficult
to resist. I am a trader and I deal on
motorcycle parts at Oyingbo Market.

It was Odefila that brought the
business to me. I didn’t know him
before then. “It was one of my
customers that introduced the
suspects to me. He told me that the
goods were stolen from the sea port
and that they were ready to sell it at
a giveaway price.

I asked how much and he said just
N2 million. After seeing the goods in
the container, I told him all I could
afford was N600,000 and they
agreed.

I gave the money to Odefila and I
took possession of the goods, but a
few days later, he brought policemen
to my house and I was