The suspect, identified as Kelly Fotor, an
Ijaw native of Arugbo, Ondo State, was
arrested last Saturday by operatives of the
Inspector General of Police Special
Intelligence Response Team, SIRT, at a
wedding ceremony in Sapele, Delta State.
According to Vanguard the suspect, who
was at the ceremony with some armed
men, had a gun duel with the operatives
which led to the killing of one of the
policemen, while Fotor and three of his
colleagues, were arrested with bullet
wounds.
It was gathered that the SIRT operatives,
led by CSP, Abba Kyari, who had been on
the trail of the gang, trailed Fotor to the
wedding ceremony after their last
operation at Agbara area of Ogun State
where they robbed a bank and left three
persons, including a pregnant woman,
dead.
Fotor, who sustained a bullet wound
during the shootout, told Vanguard
Repoter that he is the leader of the South
South group of the gang.
He explained that the gang also had a
Lagos leader who he identified as Ossy,
adding that his gang was made up of 12
men, including himself, with bases in
Delta, Rivers, Bayelsa and Ondo states.
Fotor also said his gang normally teamed
up with their Lagos group for operations,
disclosing to Vanguard that he and his
gang were formerly into sea piracy
before teaming up with Ossy.
According to him, Ossy is the leader of
the pipeline vandals at Arepo and
Ikorodu areas.
Lekki, Ikorodu, Festac and Agbara bank
robbery operations
Fotor also said he and his men took part
in the Lekki, Ikorodu, Festac and Agbra
bank robberies, adding that they made
N28 million from Agbara bank robbery.
“I and my group got N14 million share
from the Agbara operation, while, Ossy
and his group got N14 million. I left
Lagos by waters that day after that
operation with my men back to
Igbokoda, Ondo State, where we shared
the money and everyone got his share of
the loot.
‘’It was Ossy’s men who usually pick out
our targets. They were the ones who
picked out all the targets, my job was to
give support and my boat is very big and
my boat boy is a professional and knows
his way around the water very well,” he
stated
When Vanguard Reporter inquired who
was the woman in the group, he
explained that there was no woman in
the gang.
He, however, said it was one of Ossy’s
boys who normally dressed like a woman
during operations.
How the DSS operatives were killed
On how they killed the nine DSS officials,
Fotor told the Reporter that as
commanders of the groups, he and Ossy
never intended to kill the operatives
when they were captured.
He explained that the operatives stormed
their hideout wanting to rescue a woman
who they abducted from Festac.
He explained further:
“One of our boys who was heavily drunk
met us while we were interrogating the
suspects after we captured them and he
opened fire on them.
‘’I was at their camp at Ikorodu when
the DSS operatives were captured and
they brought them before me and Ossy
and they knelt down and we
interrogated them, but that guy, he was
Ossy’s man. He was very drunk, walked
in and without asking questions opened
fire on all of them and killed them.
Neither myself nor Ossy ordered their
killing, we never wanted to kill them,” he
explained.
Meanwhile, Fotor and three other
suspects arrested along with him have
been transferred to Abuja, while SIRT
operatives are still combing the area for
other members of the gang.
