Ex-Senator's son Arrested for Alleged Robbery.

former senator’s son has been arrested and
remanded in prison following his involvement in
robbery in Abuja.
Police sources told Vanguard that the former
senator’s son, who hails from Ekiti State, led a
gang of armed robbers to rob a Colonel (names
withheld) at Mbora Estate by Jabi District, where
his AK-47 and other valuable items were removed.
The source disclosed that the robbery operation
which took place on the July 5, 2013, resulted in
the arrest of the ex-senator’s son whose name was
given as Ola Kila.
The source said in the process of investigation
operatives from the Special Anti Robbery Squad,
SARS, working on a tip-off subsequently arrested
Ola Kila and while a search was conducted in his
house around Life Camp area, Abuja, 16 live
cartridges and some other incriminating exhibits
were recovered from the suspect’s house.
During interrogation, it was discovered that the
suspect allegedly belong to a notorious armed
robbery gang that has been terrorizing the FCT and
its environs.
The suspect reportedly told investigators that his
friend, an Igbo boy whom he knew to be a member
of a robbery gang brought the gun and the
cartridges to his house and that the boy has gone
back to the East with the intention of bringing more
arms and ammunitions.
Ola Kila, however, denied participating in the
robbery attack on the Lt. Colonel’s house at Mbora
Estate on the day in question.
He confirmed however, that the said Ibo boy
brought two laptops robbed at gun point to him,
which he sold in the GSM Village, Abuja.
He also alleged that the said Ibo boy robbed a man
at Life Camp and shot him sometimes in May this
year.
The suspect and another member of his gang were
last week charged for false information at Area
Magistrate court, Karu by the magistrate who
ordered that they be remanded at Keffi and
Nasarawa State Prisons.