A 14-year old suspected armed robber, Gift Peace, has confessed that he became an armed robber at the age of seven and have only killed six victims during his operations in Delta State.
P.M.EXPRESS reports that the suspect, Peace, made the confession after he was arrested along with two members of his gang in Warri. Peace was apprehended at a Suya spot at Enerhen junction in Warri South Local Government Area of the State.
Operatives of the Delta State Police Command and local vigilantes arrested the suspects, who had been part of a gang terrorising the area for seven years.
The teenage suspect, Peace, then confessed that he was involved in the killing of six individuals, including a vigilante at 1st Marine Gate, during armed robbery operations.
However, Peace met his fate when the leader of his gang, Goodluck, was arrested at Marine Quarters, Warri, by vigilante members. Goodluck confessed and led the Police to the suya spot, where Gift Peace was present.
This was confirmed by the Police Pubic Relations Officer of the command, DSP Bright Edafe, who stated that two other male gang members, Idigbe Osreis (19) and Idigbe Perfect (16), were also arrested in their hideout.
“On 29/9/2023, the DPO of B Division Warri received a distress call about an armed robbery operation at Giwamu Junction Warri. During the attack, a Police undercover operative was at the scene and sighted one of the suspects. The operative later trailed him to a Suya spot at Enerhen Junction.”
“The DPO of B Warri, SP Bolarinwa Alabi, acting on the directive of the Delta State Commissioner of Police, CP Wale Abass embarked on an intelligence-led operation alongside his team and arrested one Gift Peace, a 14-year-old boy, at the said Suya spot at Enerhen junction.”
“The teenager confessed to being a member of an armed robbery gang that terrorizes Warri and its environs and claimed to have been involved since he was seven (7) years old. He provided the names of other gang members and subsequently led the detectives to their hideout.”
“The gang members, upon sighting the Police, opened fire from their unregistered operational tricycle. The Police responded, and during the ensuing confrontation, one of the suspects, later identified as the gang leader, sustained serious gunshot injuries, while the others managed to escape. He was taken to the hospital, where he was eventually confirmed dead by the doctor.”
Edafe further stated that the items recovered from them included the gang’s operational tricycle, a locally-made cut-to-size single-barrel gun with expended cartridges, and three live cartridges.
He stated that the suspects will be charged before the Court after the conclusion of investigations by the Police.