39-year-old robbery suspect, Habib Afuwape a.k.a Mabo, has disclosed that members of their rival gang, Mushin boys, killed one Tunde, cut off his head and used it to play football in their street. He denied ownership of a rifle found in his possession by the operatives of Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT).
He said the gun was seized from one Jossi during a street fight between Toll Gate boys and Onipanu boys in January 2016.
According to Habib, a supremacy battle between the leader of his gang called Toba and a leader of another rival gang called Hamani, triggered the deadly clashes in the area.
IRT operatives had arrested three suspects; Habib Afuwape, 39, Ismaila Idris and Ahmed Sanni over the incident.
Habib said: “We were fighting over who will be in charge of motor parks in Onipanu. The fight is between Toba boys and Hamani boys. The two group leaders Toba and Hamani were members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) before they became street fighters. The two leaders were fighting over who will control the park.
‘’Our members have over 15 guns, but I cannot explain how they got the guns. Those I know that have guns includes myself, Taofeek a.k.a Mababije; Ibrahim a.k.a Harglar; Dipo a.k.a SARS; Abdulahi a.k.a Abdul who is my junior brother; Bayo a.k.a Omo Olopa; Jossi a.k.a Joseph; Tunde a.k.a Kobi; Wale a.k.a Sobo; Wale a.k.a Sawonpa; Muyiwa a.k.a Laso; Niran a.k.a Ilupeju; Bobor, Ismaila a.k.a Kolewu, Saheed and Monsuru a.k.a 50 cent.
‘’Our members who do not have guns are: Dadu; Small police; Orah; Amala and Iseh but those who help our group to get ammunition (bullets) are Taofeek a.k.a Mababije; Ibrahim a.k.a Harglar and Dipo a.k.a SARS already mentioned above and we called them armour suppliers.
‘’However, those who keep custody of our arms whom we address as our armourers include Ismaila aka Essi who is the junior brother to my girlfriend and Munirat aka Pofuro who is still at large. The armourers who have been arrested are Ahmed Sanni aka Omo London, who said he got the name Omo London due to his corporate dressing and Ismaila Idris a.k.a Balance.
Sanni said: “Sometime in July 2017, on the election day at Shyllon Street, Ilupeju, Ahmed Omo London came and distributed guns to the boys to scare away members of the opposition party.
He, Omo London first gave Wale Sobo one pump action rifle; he later gave others one each. The gun police recovered was the one with Ismaila, a.k.a Balance when he was arrested. It was the confession of Habib and Ahmed that led to the recovery of the gun from Ismaila.’’
Ahmed said his role was to supply guns to the members of his group in Onipanu area, but denied knowledge of how to handle gun.
He said his gang lost two members, Taiye a.k.a Sempe and Oyibo Agbo during exchange of fire with Idi-Oro Mushin boys while three boys from their rival gang fell to their bullets, namely Lanre a.k.a pumping, Monsuru a.k.a 50 cent, Ismaila a.k.a Olewu and Saheed.
Habib added: ‘’I am a smuggler which we call fayawo. I received commission to ferry vehicles across the border from the Benin Republic into Nigeria. I do not have car stand. I am receiving small money like N5,000 to cross vehicle for the owner.
At times they do not pay me a dime but they would buy enough bottles of beer like 10 bottles to 12 bottles but not at a sitting. I am married with three children and I opened a shop for my wife but I do not know the amount I have invested in the shop.
My role is to handover gun to my colleagues any time there would be street fight. I was a cult member when I was in Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ogun State.’’
Confessing Idris said: “I am a generator repairer. I charged N500 for tiger generator which is a small generator. I used to repair up to three generators daily.
I am married with three children. The gun the group gave me to keep was the gun recovered from the rival gang at Onipanu.
I worked under Toba but I did not follow to kill Tunde. Lanre was among of those who killed Tunde and he was remanded in Kirikiri Prison.
In his confession, Sanni said: “I am from Ogun State. I am married with a son. I am into catering and event management.
During festive periods I used to charged (customers) N50,000. It may take me another six months to get another job, So, I tried to manage the little money I had. It was when they told me that I would be getting small coins when work starts in Onipanu that made me to know what was going on. But I did not follow them to fight that fateful day.’’
