Police Arrest Identical Twins For Robbery In Lagos

27-year-old Taiye and Kehinde Balogun (pictured above) are identical twins who work as welders but were hired by a robbery gang to break into a warehouse factory belonging to Reckitt Benckister (producers of Dettol) in May 2013.  The Special Anti-Robbery Squad in Lagos arrested the twin after the prime suspect who was caught in February 2014 revealed that the twins were connected to the robbery incident in which they robbed to the tone of N17 Million (soaps, noodles and chemicals).

The twins revealed that they were not aware that they were being hired for a robbery operation.

Kehinde said;

“Around May last year, we were called by one guy known as Yankee who lives near our workshop in Agbara. He took us to meet one Deji.

“Deji claimed to be a storekeeper at the factory, saying he had misplaced his key. He took us to the warehouse and said we should break the locks open.

“After breaking the locks, they told us to help them load the chemicals into some trucks. They said they were under instructions to transfer the cartons to another warehouse.

“After helping them load the goods, we were given N10,000 each.”

However, the detectives in charge of this case have revealed; as a result of the investigation conducted,  the twins were aware that they were engaged in a robbery operation.

Other suspects arrested along with the twins said the twins had been informed of the operation beforehand.

A policeman said; 

“When we made initial arrest, the twins claimed they were pawns in the operation and knew little, but when we interrogated the other suspects, they said the twins were just as guilty.

“One of the suspects told us that initially, the twins were not aware but when they told the twins about the plan, they swore to an oath and vowed to cooperate.

“The welders association in the area said a directive was  given to all welders that they should not break any lock unless the owner of the property gave direct permission.

“The twins went to a warehouse under the instruction of a purported storekeeper at 8am. They knew about the robbery.”

Police Public Relations Officer, Ngozi Braide, said  she was yet to be briefed on the arrest.

*one could pass for the other you know? so identical!*

Source: Punch