Lawyer Gave My Boyfriend Juju To Escape From SARS Custody

A girlfriend to an armed robbery suspect; Loveth Ogbu yesterday told policemen that her boyfriend; Bukola Adeoye aka Agbara escaped from the custody of the Ondo State Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) with the aid of charm given to him by a lawyer who visited him in the police custody. The lawyer, according to the 23 years old accomplice was a senior brother to her boyfriend who was killed by police bullet when he engaged in robbery operation in Ore, in Odigbo Local Government area of the State. Bukola and Rotimi Adeyeye had escaped from the custody of the SARS with handcuffs in a situation the State Police Command described as a mystery. The two suspects were parts of the six suspected armed robbers arrested by the police in Ijoka area of the state capital. The suspects had allegedly broken into a house of one Samuel Arifalo at Ijoka area of Akure, the state capital and robbed him of some valuables. The suspects who were initially arrested for cultism were transferred from Anti-Cultism Squad to SARS from where they escaped from the custody. Since the escape, the State Police Command has launched a manhunt for them Briefing policemen how the suspects escaped, Loveth said the senior brother of Bukola who is a lawyer came to the anti-cultism squad and gave them ‘juju’ in order to escape. Her words “The case was in anti-cultism before; they said they should bring the case to SARS. As they got to the SARS office, the Barrister, the senior brother gave them juju. After they got the juju, they told policemen that they wanted to urinate. The policemen were looking at them as they jumped the fence of the SARS office. “They did not disappear, the juju made the policemen inactive. The juju will allow policemen to see them when they are escaping and would not be able to do anything. It is also the Barrister that helped them removed the handcuffs after they escaped from police custody.” The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Gbenga Adeyanju said they got information on Tuesday that two robbery suspects escaped from SARS custody. He said a team of detective swooped on Loveth and arrested her. The Police Boss said Loveth confessed that her boyfriends and co-escapee had escaped to Ore. He said it was in the town that a member of the gang; Felix Eteti was arrested. While the investigation was on-going, Adeyanju said a distress call was received from members of the public that a robbery operation was going on. The robbery operation, he said was led by wanted Bukola. His words “on sighting the detectives, the robbers opened fire on them and during the exchange of fire, one of the suspects; Bukola sustained gunshot injury on right leg.” The suspect, he said died a few hours after he got to the hospital.]]>