BY ESTHER    ONYEGBULA

ASABA — Operatives of the Delta State Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, in Asaba have arrested two notorious robbery suspects who specialise in snatching exotic cars in Delta, Anambra, Imo States and environs.

According to reports, the suspects, identified as Ifeanyi Anyaogu and Chidubem Nwaeke had successfully snatched a Sports Utility Vehicle, SUV, from Owerri, Imo State and drove it to Asaba, where they used it to track down a man who was driving a Toyota Highlander SUV.

Vanguard gathered that as the man was driving into his compound, the robbers held him at gunpoint and used a battle axe to hit him on the head after which they hijacked his SUV.
However, luck ran against them as operatives of the State Anti Robbery Squad, SARS, led by Ademola Adebayo intercepted them.

While two were lucky to tell their stories, one of them simply identified as Ike was shot dead during a gun battle with the Police along Lagos-Asaba expressway.
The gang was said to have opened fire on the Police team who swiftly returned fire, and in the process Ike was shot dead.

Speaking with Vanguard, one of the suspects, Anyaogu, urged the Police to pardon him as he vowed to repent.
He said: “If I am left off the hook, I will not go into  robbery again. I will become a born again Christian. I swear with my life, I will be in church serving God. I will never do evil again.

“I know that what we did is very bad, but the economy is bad and we must do something to make ends meet.  Now that I know better, I feel very sorry for what I did.
“I did not want that man we attacked to die, that was why I begged my gang members not to kill him initially.”