LAGOS — Abiodun Ogunjobi, otherwise known as
Godogodo, the dreaded one-eyed robbery czar who
terrorized Lagos and other South-West states, killing no
less than 50 policemen while raiding several banks,
businesses and homes, for over 14 years has revealed
that he almost quit robbery in 2011.

Godogodo made this disclosure during an interview with
Vanguard at the state Police Command headquarters,
Ikeja, where he is currently being detained following his
arrest by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad,
SARS, led by SP Abba Kyari, on August 1.

He told Vanguard that he had planned to quit robbery
after building two houses and setting up 50 fishponds,
valued at about N16 million, in Ikorodu area of Lagos.
Godogodo added that he also travelled to Dubai, in the
United Arab Emirates, to buy clothes whose sales would
keep him busy when he is not on his fish farm.
But his dreams got dashed when an operative of SARS,
who had been on his trail for long, got an intelligence
report on his location and traced him to his mansion.
Relocation to Ibadan

Vanguard gathered that the operative met a member of
one land-owning family, locally known as omo-onile in
the area and made him take an oath not to reveal his
mission to anyone.
But the omo-onile informed Godogodo of the presence
of a SARS operative in search of him and he quickly
fled Ikorodu and relocated to Ibadan where he built two
more mansions.
According to a source, “one of our operatives tracking
Godogodo received an intelligence report on his location
in Ikorodu and stormed the area as an undercover
operative.
“He met a young man, an omo-onile, in Ikorodu who
showed him Godogodo’s house but he was not in. Only
his wife was around.
“The operative paid the omo-onile to keep watch on
Godogodo’s house and report to him whenever he sets
his eye on him, but news got to him (Godogodo) that a
police undercover operative was in town looking for him.
He fled without packing his property.”

I built 52 fish ponds

But Godogodo, speaking to Vanguard said: “In 2008,
after I finished building my house in Ikorodu and I
setting up a good business for my wife, I went into fish
farming. I built about 52 fish ponds and I was making
good money from them.
“I usually sell each pond between N600,000 and
N800,000 and it took me four months to grow
fingerlings into a maturity for sale. The business was
moving smoothly and I had over 15 people working for
me at the pond.
I was still going for robberies
“While the business was on, I was still going for
robberies with members of my gang, but in 2011, I
decided to quit. I gave all my rifles, they were nine in
number, to my boy, Tosin, who resides at Ajah and I
stopped going for robberies.
“I only asked them to bring my share of any loot they
made from robberies carried out with my rifles. But in
June of that year, I travelled to Dubai, where I bought
some clothes I intended to sell in Nigeria.
When I returned, one omo-onile whom I had assisted in
the past (in fact, I gave the guy N200,000 when his wife
put to bed through a caesarean section) came to see
me. I also gave him some of the clothes I brought from
Dubai. He came to me and said a SARS operative had
been in town, looking for me.
“The omo-onile explained that the operative dropped a
live bullet into a cup of gin and made him swear an
oath that he would not reveal his mission to anyone
and he should also inform him upon my return.
“The moment I heard this, I knew there was trouble and
my cover had been compromised, because nobody knew
where I lived, including my gang members. I quickly
moved out of the house and I went to Ajah to relax
before I contacted my wife and asked her to leave the
house without picking anything.

How I went back to my gang

“We stayed in that hotel for quite some time and I was
running out of cash because the guys running my fish
ponds were no longer remitting money because they
heard that the police were after me.
“At that point I was left with no option than to go back
to my gang. After some few bank robberies in Osun and
OndoStates, I made huge money which I used to buy the
land at Ibadan before I started building on it. But after
that,I became more vicious and I made sure that I took
part in all major operations within the South-West.”

28 rifles so far recovered

Meantime, Vanguard also gathered that the five AK-47
rifles and 40 fully-loaded magazines recovered from
Godogodo, after his return from OgunState, were found
in Ayobo area by the Federal Special Anti-Robbery
Squad, Adeniji Adele, LagosIsland.
The recovery has brought the total number of rifles
recovered from the notorious bandit to 28. According to
the source, three of the rifles were found in a Nissan
Primera car parked in the premises of the Federal
Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Adeniji Adele.
Sources disclosed to Vanguard that the vehicle was
parked at the Federal Special Anti-Robber Squad, Adeniji
Adele for over three years and was not properly
searched after it was transferred from Ifo Police Station
in OgunState, when they ransacked one of Godogodo’s
mansions in OgunState.
The two other AK-47 rifles and 15 loaded magazines
were recovered from Ayobo area of Lagos where they
were buried. However, the discovery of three AK-47
rifles which belonged to three police officers attached to
Mopol 16 in Abekuta, Ogun State, who were killed by
Godogodo and his gang members when they were
ambushed, at the Federal Special Anti-Robber Squad,
Adeniji Adele sent the unit into disarray.



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Naija police funny sha. See as den arrange the gun down like say na fish for market.

Ok,I don hear,first to comment thingz....