Why I Became a Deadly Robber – Godogodo

The infamous robbery tsar from South-West, Abiodun
Ogunjobi, a.k.a., Godogodo, has revealed that lack of
parental care was one of the main reasons why he
became a deadly robber.
Godogodo was responsible for terrorising the zone for
over 14 years; he was in charge of most bank
robberies and other deadly operations. On August 6,
2013, in an interview at the state Police Command
headquarters, Ikeja, Lagos, he confessed that his
parents abandoned him at an early age to fend for
himself.
36-year-old notorious criminal spoke in emotional
laden voice, said he was the eldest of the children
and his mother who he said was a sickler, died from
her sickness.
My Father Was a Wayward Man
“My father was a wayward man. He was a drug addict
and a gambler. My mother was a sickler and she died
after giving birth to my youngest brother.
“But my father, who got married to another woman,
didn’t bother to take care of me. As a little child I
struggled through primary school, picking bottles, iron
and rubber from refuse dump.
“The little money I made from it was what I used in
paying my school fees in primary school and after I
graduated I went into the business of robbery fully.
“As a little boy I was sleeping on the street and my
father didn’t care. All he cared about was to gamble
away his money and take drugs.
“Gradually I started stealing and when I got of age I
started robbing people at Katangura market, Iyana-
Ipaja, but in 1999, I was arrested and sent to prison
for fighting and when I came back some of the boys
who were operating with me then had become big
time robbers. I joined them and in one of our
operations, I was shot in the eyes by some vigilante
men that accosted us in Ogun State and I ended up
losing one of my eyes.
“I would say after that incident I became tough and
very careful. I don’t socialise, drink, smoke or go after
women. I saw those things as weakness that could
give out a tough man.
I Have 3 Children from 3 Women
“I have three children from three women. I ran away
from my other wives because the police wanted to
use them to arrest me.
“I also want to make it clear that I didn’t participate
in all the robbery operations the police are accusing
me of. People like me because I am not greedy, I
make sure everybody gets their own share after a
successful operation.
“Some of these boys also go out on their own to rob
and when they are arrested they will tell the police
that they are my boys.
“I can’t lie anymore, I have been arrested. All I want
is for the police to give me a second chance. I will
assist them arrest all the robbers in Lagos and South-
West.”
Godogodo Coordinated Ogun, Kwara Robberies –
Suspect
Meanwhile, Felix Sunday, a.k.a K Money who allegedly
participated in two bank robberies in Kwara State and
a bullion van robbery, in Ogun State, this year, has
stated that Godogodo coordinated them.
K Money has been seized in March 2013, after a
deadly robbery attack at the Murtala Muhammed
International Airport, Lagos. During this attack the
members of K Money’s gang killed two policemen and
carted away huge sums of money from bureau de
change operators at the airport.
K Money told the newsmen that on January 2013,
Godogodo and first assistiant, Odun Paul, coordinated
them to rob in Oro town, Kwara State.
“We were 12 in number and we went for that
operation with eight AK-47 rifles. We struck at the
banks around 5 p.m. that day and we started
shooting indiscriminately. People ran away for safety
and a member of the gang who is a dynamite expert
blew open the bank doors with dynamite.
“We went into FirstBank and carted away all the
money in it and afterwards we struck at the opposite
bank and did the same.
“Nobody was killed in that operation because we
operated unchallenged, after which we drove to Ondo
State where we shared our loot.
“I got N500,000 as my share and I was happy.
“Few weeks after that operation, Godogodo called us
for a bullion van operation. We attacked the van along
Ijebu-Ode Sagamu Road in Ogun State and opened
fire on the van which was not armoured.
“We over-powered the policemen and took over the
van containing both local and foreign currencies and
we shared it.
“Godogodo was a source of inspiration to all of us and
whenever we had him around in an operation, we
don’t fear the police.
“He had the ability to confront the police and
overpower them. We didn’t know he was going to be
arrested this easily. He has boasted severally that he
is going to kill a lot of policemen whenever they come
for him and he did not care dying before his arrest. I
don’t know how the police did it but Godogodo is
tough.” [Vanguard]