Notorious Robbery Gang Leader Confesses : I Use Tortoise To Get Supernatural Powers

A suspected leader of a notorious armed robbery gang, Nasim Aliu
has confessed that he got his power from a magical tortoise.
Aliu was arrested with the fetish tortoise by the operatives of the
Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) unit of the Kogi State police
command after several months of trailing his movements.
Aliu who hails from Agheva Obehira in Okehi Local Government Area
of the state said he had operated for more than 12 times with the
magical tortoise but expressed surprise how the operatives of SARS
arrested him cheaply.
He spoke to Daily Sun: “Yes, I am a leader of a robbery gang which
robbed on major highways in Kogi and Edo States, we had operated
for more than 12 times Successfully without being caught and the
success of these robberies was as a result of the protection of this
tortoise.
“Anytime I wanted to go for robbery operation, I would consult the
tortoise who will tell me whether the robbery would be successful or
not. After saying some incantation to it, the tortoise would speak
and tell me to go or not to go.
“In serious operation, I would hang the tortoise on my chest,
covering it with my shirt and anytime I did that ,it helped to protect
me from bullets. No enemy’s bullets can hit me any time I hang it
on my chest.”
Aliu who looked ruffled, touched the tortoise in the presence of
our correspondent and retorted, “but you my great magical
tortoise, you failed to tell me that the police were around the
corner of my house, you failed to speak and you failed to give
your usual signs.” He looked up and said: “It is now that I
believe this adage ‘every day for the thief, one day for the
owner.”
Speaking on the arrest, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr
Emmanuel Ojukwu said Aliu and his gang members had been
terrorising innocent motorists for a long time, saying they
specialised in robbing along Lokoja/ Okene, and Okene/Auchi/ Benin
high ways.
He said the suspect had earlier been arrested but escaped from
police custody and was one of the criminals that escaped a jail
break at Kotonkarfi about two years ago.
The CP said since then, his men had been trailing the suspect until
they have a major breakthrough recently when through a tip-off they
were able to trace the suspect’s to his residence.
He said when his men from SARS led by the commander, Ayeni
Oluwadare, a Deputy Superintendent of Police invaded the
residence of the suspect around 2 am, the suspect hid himself in
the ceiling of his house, and it took the police several hours
before they could pin him down and arrested him.
The CP said the suspect has made useful statements to the police
and his men were already on the trail of other gang members, some
of who he said had fled the area on hearing that their leader has
been arrested.
He said as soon as the police complete their investigations, the
suspect would be arraigned in court for prosecution.