Since 25-year-old Al-Mustapha El-Zakazi, an Ivorian living in Lagos, became a robber few years ago, he had never encountered a victim who was not afraid of a gun. But when he set out for his robbery run along the Mile 2-Ajangbadi Road, Lagos on Wednesday, he did not imagine he was going to meet such a person either. . . El-Zakazi had notified a friend of his, 24-year-old Abiodun Johnson, of his plan for the day after borrowing a gun from another friend of his, who is now at large. El-Zakazi said he could not ride a motorcycle and needed a wheelman, a purpose Johnson was supposed to serve. . . They set out that morning and soon encountered a commercial motorcyclist, whom they beckoned on, pretending to be passengers. El-Zakazi, who is now in custody of the Lagos State Police Command, told our correspondent, “As soon as the okada man stopped, I pointed the locally made pistol at his head and told him to come down from the motorcycle. . . “My friend, Johnson, then climbed on the motorcycle.
But the okada man refused to let go. I had never seen someone as fearless as that before. He started dragging the motorcycle with us and arguing with me. I told him I would kill him, even though I was not ready to kill anybody. He still was not afraid. I was angry at his stubbornness and confidence. . . “When I realised the matter was being prolonged, I shot him in the leg in anger. As he screamed, we jumped on the motorcycle and sped off.”But if El-Zakazi and Johnson thought they had made a clean escape, they were lying.
Moments after they shot their victim, drawing the attention of people around, some of whom promptly fled, they ran into a fleeing passerby, and knocked him to the ground. . .
But before they could stand and speed off again, residents of Mazamaza pounced on them and they were apprehended.They were later handed over to the police.
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