A 24-year old armed
robbery suspect, Mr.
Tajudeen Onifara has
revealed the secret
behind his success in the
underworld for nine years
during which he
robbed many people of
their money and other
possessions. He
confessed to the police
that he was dutifully paying his
tithe to his
church, Christ Living
Ministry, Lagos Island, as
commanded in the Bible
after every successful
robbery operation in Lagos,
western Nigeria.
Onifara was arrested in a
hotel with his girlfriend
by men of the anti-
robbery squad of the
state police command after
nine years of
robbing people.
The father of two said he
paid his tithe regularly
because he believed that
as a Christian God always
bless a faithful tither. He
disclosed that after
every successful
operation, he would
remove 10 percent of the
money he stole from
people and pay as tithe to
church.
Onifara attributed his
success in crime for nine
years to the fact that he
paid his tithe regularly as
commanded by God in Malachi
chapter 3 verse
10 and 11. The verses, he
said, mandated Christians
to give 10 percent of
their earnings as tithe to
the church. He said he started
stealing at the age of 15
and specialised in robbing
customers of banks with
locally made cut-to-size
pistol before he graduated to a
big time
armed robber.
He said his major
breakthrough in the
underworld occurred
when he robbed a woman who
withdrew
N2m from a bank in
Lagos.
He said she was about
entering her car when he
accosted her and pointed a toy
gun at her. The
woman quickly
surrendered the money
to him.
“I pretended as if I
wanted to assist her. She did
not know that I was
an armed robber and
when we got to where
she parked her car, I
pointed a gun at her and
she quietly handed the money
to me. After
snatching the money I
escaped on a bike with
my friend,” he stated.
He disclosed that he used
part of the money to buy a
sophisticated weapon
after removing his tithe.
On what he did with all
the money he stole over
the years, he explained
that he used the money to
enrol his children in
one of the best schools in
Lagos and opened a
supermarket at
Idumagbo on Lagos
Island. He added that he used
a
substantial part of the
money to take care of
himself and his
girlfriends.
On how he was arrested, he
said he was having
fun with his girlfriend in
Ibadan at a popular hotel
when SARS men arrested
him.
When asked how he felt now
that he was
arrested, he replied: “I
know that robbery is a
serious and risky
‘business’ that can cut
short one’s life. If I am given
another chance, I
will abandon it and
engage in a legitimate
business.”
Police sources said
Onifara who is now in custody
at SARS will soon
be charged to court.
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