Robber shoots self while fleeing from scene

The Oyo State Police Command on Tuesday paraded
two armed robbery suspects who were caught after
one of them accidentally shot himself in the lap.
Idowu Peters, who is from Edo State, Segun Babalola
and another man who is at large, had robbed a
house on Rafiu Adetola Street, Aromolaran in the
Agugu area of Ibadan on November 8.
They succeeded in stealing a laptop, mobile
telephones and jewellery from their victims at gun
point.
However, Peters was said to have shot himself in the
lap with a locally-made pistol used in the robbery. It
was said he was putting the gun in his pocket when
it accidentally fired. He was abandoned by his
accomplices who also took the gun from him.
The state Commissioner of Police, Mohammed
Ndabawa, added that Babalola was arrested when he
attempted to use the gun to rob a motorcyclist along
Sawmill area of Ibadan.
He said, "He was caught while trying to rob a
motorcyclist two days after he escaped from a
robbery scene in Ibadan. We are looking for the
third member."
Peters told our correspondent that he was arrested
when a policeman saw him in a pool of blood, adding
that he bought the gun for the purpose of the
robbery.
"While trying to escape the robbery scene, the gun I
was holding went off and hit my lap. I fell and waited
until the following morning in a bush. But while
limping off in the morning, a policeman saw that my
trousers were stained with blood and arrested me. I
bought the gun in Ijagba, Edo State for N16,000. The
seller gave me bullets too," he said.
His partner, Segun, said he was trying to come up
with a way to help Peters when he was caught with
the gun.
"We left him somewhere around the scene of the
robbery after he was injured. In the morning, I went
to airport area in Ibadan to find solution to his
problem but somehow, I was caught by the police. I
think someone must have given then information
about me," he said.