The suspect, Victor
Nemesis
has finally caught up with a 10-year-old boy who is specialized in
robbing victims of phones at bus stops and breaking into houses by
squeezing through anti-burglary iron-bars, to ransack the homes.
Like the fictional character, Jack Dawkins (nicknamed the Artful
Dodger) in Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist, 10-year-old Victor
Tarekedomoni, once escaped from police custody like a slippery eel.
He used the advantage of his small size and squeezable soft flesh
to pass through the iron bars of a police cell and high-tailed to
freedom. But he was re-arrested on Sandy Road, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.
It was learnt from the Bayelsa State Commissioner of Police, Amba
Asuquo, that Victor had been associated with robbery gang that had
terrorized and robbed over 20 victims.
The police boss said Victor specialized in robbing victims of
phones at bus stops and breaking into houses by squeezing through
anti-burglary iron-bars, to ransack the homes, during which he would
cart away jewellery, money, phones, and other valuables. He said that
the terrible 10-year-old had led several successful operations before
nemesis caught up with him.
Asuquo revealed that in April, 2017, Victor and his gang allegedly
broke into a particular house in Okaka area of the city. While he was
ransacking the house, the victim raised the alarm, which attracted
neighbours who rushed to the scene.
The boy quickly clambered into the ceiling. But the neighbours
fished Victor out from the ceiling and arrested him. But members of the
gang escaped.
The victim, Eyarike Ebi, said that the incident was the second time
that the gang had robbed his house. The first time, Victor and the gang
allegedly stole N250,000 and other valuables items.
Following that first instance, the suspect, Victor, was arrested
and handed over to Ekeli Police Station, from where he was transferred
to the custody of the Special Armed Robbery Squad in the state capital.
To the chagrin of the operatives of SARS, Victor, the Artful Dodger
of Bayelsa, squeezed through the iron-bars, climbed the fence and
escaped from custody.
The four police officers investigating Victor’s case paid a price
for the boy’s successful escape and were thrown into police cell for two
weeks before they were released, to go after him. Victor who was later
re-arrested in July 2017 at Sandy Road, Yenagoa.
Funny enough, the suspect was alleged to have even robbed other detained suspects of their phones and money while in the cell. “Victor is too smart in everything he does, and also smart in lying even though he was caught in the act,” the police boss said.
When he spoke with The Sun, Victor said: “I lost my father and
my mother very early in life. I was staying with my uncle, (name
withheld), who taught me how to rob. My uncle has sent me on several
occasions to rob in the area.
“There was one time he sent me to an office to steal a TV and
their computer, which I did. I was attending the Universal Basic Primary
Community Education School at Ovom, I was in primary 4 when I dropped
out of school. What happened was that my uncle went to rob, but when the
police came to look for him, he ran away from house. So, I dropped out
of school and joined a robbery gang.
“I have been involved in several armed robberies; when we go
for operation, the older members of the gang will lift me up the fence, I
will jump down and pass through the burglarproof bars, enter the house,
ransack the place, take money, jewellery and then escape. After the
robbery, they will give me N1000 or N1500, which I used to feed myself
daily."
Victor, who hails from Egaibiri community in Sagbama Local
Government Area, Bayelsa State said further: “I have robbed over 20
victims. I stole their phones at bus stops or along the street.
“It was when I spent one month in SARS custody, I decided to
escape and squeezed through the iron-bars of the cell. I always slept in
the store at Arietalin Street, Ovom, before policemen re-arrested me at
Sandy area in Yenagoa.”
Victor who seems penitent appealed to the Bayelsa State governor to rescue and train him. His words: “If
the state government or the governor of Bayelsa can come to my rescue
and train me, I can be leader in Bayelsa tomorrow. I am talented and
blessed but I didn’t have parental care.
"That is why I went into robbery and joined a gang. I am a
member of Greenlander cult group. I don’t want to go back to robbing
again. I want to be a good citizen of Bayelsa.
“I want the public to forgive me because it was my uncle who
introduced me to robbery. I started stealing before I joined the gang.
The names of the other six members of the gang who are still on run are
Junior, Finefine, Daddy Boy, Godspower, Kempade and Goodtimes.”
Asuquo said that Victor would be sent to the Juvenile Court while
the police command intensifies effort to arrest the other members of the
gang.
Culled from: The Sun
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