His father was a gambler
who never really had time
to train him on the right
path and he ended up on
the wrong path, as one of
the most deadly armed
robbers in the history of
Nigeria - his name is
Godogodo!
Sunday, September 9,
2012, will remain indelible
in the minds of many
families in Lagos State,
who lost loved ones to the
brazen attack of a gang
of heavily armed robbers,
who laid siege to strategic
points in the state, killing
at least three policemen
and several other citizens,
while scores sustained
injuries.
But the arrest of the
members of the gang that
operated that day,
including the notorious
robbery czar, Abiodun
Ogunjobi, aka, Godogodo,
would bring relief to
relatives and friends of
those killed or injured that
day.
Meanwhile, Godogodo,
who was arrested by
operatives of the Special
Anti-Robbery Squad,
SARS, led by SP Abba
Kyari, on August 1, 2013,
has revealed how he
coordinated the bloody
operation.
Bureau de Change robbery
He gave chilling details of
how he led members of
the gang to cart away
millions of dollars from
bureau de change
operators in Agege and
Gbagada areas of Lagos.
According to Godogodo,
“On that fateful day, I
called one of my boys,
Sayeed Omolopa, to meet
me at AlfaBeach in Ajah,
and some other boys led
by Kasali and Ejike. “They
were about seven and my
boys were five. Yemi
Boss, who came with
Ejike, said we should go
to Agege and rob some
bureau de change
operators.
The agreement was that
everyone will get what he
lays his hands on. “We
used two vehicles and
over nine AK-47 rifles.
When we got to Agege,
some bureau de change
operators that saw us ran
to us thinking we wanted
to change money and we
opened fire on them and
ran into their shops to
pack all the money we
found. “In fact, we robbed
from shop to shop and we
also shot sporadically to
scare people. We shot at
people who tried to block
the road and prevent us
from moving.
I can’t count the number
of people killed in that
operation. “Wherever
people tried to block the
road, we opened fire on
them. The boys that went
with me for that job were
notorious, they were
difficult to control but they
all feared me. We made a
lot of money from the
operation “While we were
trying to escape, we met
a team of policemen
attached to the Rapid
Response Squad, RRS,
and we thought they were
after us.
On approaching them, we
opened fire on the van
and killed all the police in
it and collected their rifles
and escaped through
Lagos-Abekuta road.
“Money was not shared
after the operation
because everyone took
whatever he was able to
grab. When I got home I
realised that I made over
N500,000, but some days
later, I was informed that
one of my boys, Tosin,
made over N6 million
from the operation.
“Everybody made a lot of
money from the operation.
I didn’t border to read the
newspapers the next day
to know the extent of
damage but I knew many
people lost their lives in
that operation. You know,
as robbers, we do not go
for operations to kill but
we kill when we don’t
have option.” Why we
killed policemen
Godogodo also narrated
how he and members of
his gang killed four
policemen at Ajah, in
February 2013, snatching
three AK-47 rifles from
them.
According to Vanguard
report, he said he killed
the policemen because he
wanted to recover his nine
rifles seized by the SARS
operatives from one of his
boys, Tosin. Narrating the
incident, Godogodo said:
“After SARS operatives
collected nine of my rifles,
I was left with only two
AK-47 rifles and a pump
action rifle. “On that
fateful day, we went to
rob residents of Awoyaya
area in Ajah. I was with
Odun, Oluwole,Yinusa and
Sayeed Omolopa.
“We robbed house-to-
house and on our way
home, we saw a police
van and a policeman
behind the van was
sleeping, Odun suggested
that we attack them and
collect their rifles and I
obliged. “We drove a
Sports Utility Van and
approached them, opened
fire on the patrol van and
it veered off the road. We
went after it and killed all
the policemen in the van
and collected their rifles.
After that operation, we
went to AlfaBeach to cool
off.” The Abule Egba
killings Godogodo also
narrated how he killed a
Police Inspector and a
corporal at Abule Egba
area of Lagos.
According to him, “Ife and
Oleh brought the job, they
told me that we should go
and rob a man who had
just returned from London
with huge sums of money
and some drugs. “We
went to his house and
discovered that he was
not at home and we left in
annoyance and went on
to rob some people from
house-to-house.
“On our way out, we
spotted some policemen
at Oko-Oba police station,
they didn’t know that we
were robbers. We killed
them before collecting
their rifles. “Some few
months later, we snatched
a white Range Rover
Sport in Ikeja and two of
the occupants escaped
with their phones.
“We suspected that they
were going to call the
police. On arriving
Agidingbi Road, we
spotted two RRS men on
a motorbike and we
thought they were coming
after us. We slowed down,
by the time they got very
close to us, I opened the
window and fired rapid
shots at them, they fell
into the gutter with their
motorbike and I sent my
boys to get their rifles
before we drove off.
“When we got to Coca-
Cola junction, there was
serious traffic and we
decided to make a turn.
When we got to the spot
where the policemen fell,
we saw some people who
were trying to help them
and my boys opened fire
on them again.
“We managed to make our
way to Medical Road,
close to ComputerVillage,
but by then, the policemen
there had received
message of our
operations and the
moment they sighted us,
they opened fire and
damaged our tyres. “We
managed the tyres up to
Capitol Road. There was
traffic and I came out of
my vehicle to clear the
traffic and there was this
Toyota Camry following
us.
I didn’t know that there
was an armed mobile
policeman in it. When I
returned I discovered that
Kasali was struggling with
the mobile policeman who
was carrying a rifle. “I
fired some shots at the
policeman. He attempted
to run away, I chased him
and killed him on the spot
before picking his rifle.
We snatched another
vehicle and abandoned
the Range Rover Sport
before we escaped
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