Why we poured acid on our victim – Ghanaians Robbers in Nigeria

By Ifeanyi Okolie

The Inspector – General of Police Intelligence Response Team (
IRT ) Led by DCP Abba Kyari has arrested two Ghanaians who poured
raw acid on their victim after robbing him at the Olukwu area of
Benin, Edo State.

The Ghanaians, Eric Aidan and Matthew Kwasha who were described
by the Police as notorious Criminals who specialised in killing
their victims with raw acid after dispossessing them of their
Properties, especially vehicles were Arrested by IRT.

Police investigation reveals that the Ghanaians mode of
operation was to seek employment as a driver or conductor in
haulage companies during which they would study the company and
perfect ways to divert their employers goods and sell the
vehicles.
And after selling the goods they will relocate to another place
where they would apply for the same position in another
company.

The last operation that gave them out
was the incident of December 9, when they attacked a driver, Taiwo
Adesanya with raw acid in Olukwu area of Benin City and they left
him because they thought he was dead before they snatched his truck
loaded with 600 bags of sugar and dragged him out of the truck.
After the attack, The Company Reported to the nearby police station
and when nothing was coming frm the Conventional Police
investigation in Benin, The victim’s company petitioned the
Inspector – General of Police who directed the Officer In charge of
IRT, DCP Abba Kyari, to go after the robbers and bring them to
justice. And After Days Of unrelenting follow up the Prime Suspects
Mentioned above Arrested by IRT in Nsuka Enugu State when they
visited a Herbalist to prepare Charms for them to Evade Arrest.

The victim who narrated his ordeal in excruciating pains said:
“I am a driver with Limtob Global Ventures, Shagamu, Ogun State.
You can see that I am half dead. I am partially blind and this is
the handwork of the two Ghanaians. One of them is my conductor and
the other one is his accomplice. On the fateful day, I did not have
the premonition that something sinister was going to happen to
me.

I was assigned by my company to go and pick 600 bags of sugar to
supply to a Brewery in Benin City, Edo State. I went with my
conductor, Matthew a Ghanaian but I didn’t know that he is a killer
and a robber. I did not know that he was planning to kill me and
divert the goods the company sent us to deliver to another company.
My conductor told me that I should assist one of his friends who
joined us at the Command area of Shagamu as he was going to Benin.
Out of my magnanimity, I accepted to offer my conductor and his
friend assistance. I did not know that I was digging my own grave.
Really, the guy met us and I recognised him as one of our staff who
was sacked some time ago.

“My conductor’s friend narrated how he has been suffering and I
pitied him and even bought food for him and my conductor. They did
not portray any iota of wickedness as they were showing
appreciations to me and was so relaxed with them. When we arrived
Olukwu, near Benin, I became tired and parked my vehicle and slept
off inside the front seat. I was in very deep sleep when something
like the fire started ravaging my body and I quickly woke up in
excruciating pains.
I did not know what was happening to me but I could not see again.
I started shouting for help. As I was shouting for help, the fire
was cutting me into pieces. While I was shouting I was hearing the
voices of my conductor and his friend. They were speaking in Ghana
language mixed with pigeon English. My conductor was telling his
friend to finish me with the wheel spanner and his freind replied
that the acid was enough to kill him. That was when I realised that
it was acid they poured on me.

I pretended as if I was dead. My conductor said, the man is
already dead, and they dragged me out of the vehicle and dumped me
by the roadside. It was at that instance that I started shouting
for help and some good Nigerians rushed me to the hospital. I
temporarily lost consciousness. I was later told by my family
members that they were informed that robbers poured acid on me and
took away my company’s vehicle. I can’t really say how i
I was traced to Benin by the management of my Company also the
directed has been taking care of my medical bill.

“As it is now, I don’t know whether I will survive, because the
pain is too much to bear. I am going through serious pains. I have
been told that I need plastic surgery and I need to save one of the
eyes that I use to see partially. The other one is totally blind.
Secondly, I need justice. I am begging that the government should
let those who poured me acid go through the same pains that I am
going through. I did good for them and they paid me with evil. They
should be paid with the coins they paid me. I must commend my
company and The Nigeria Police IRT Unit. Also The company is
trying, but the burden is too much for a one-man business. The
company cannot single-handedly foot my bills. I don’t want to die,
i still have wife and children to cater for.”

On his part, The Arrested Suspect Eric admitted buying N2000
worth of acid at Shagamu with the intent of pouring it on the
driver.
He said that it was Matthew who pushed him into the crime: ” We are
not professional robbers. We are ordinary thieves. We use to steal
small Car batteries and other crimes Before Mathew planned the
Operation and begged me to join him hence we started perfecting the
plans. We agreed that after killing the driver, we would divert the
Truck and sell all the goods and also sell the back of the truck
only because the head of the truck has a tracking device hidden
inside. When we arrived Olukwu in Edo State I poured the acid into
a cup and then handed it over to Mathew who poured it on the driver
who was fast asleep. It was when the driver screamed in pains that
I realised the gravity of what we had done.

The driver was able to recognise us because I shouted Eric’s me.
The driver responded in Yoruba “Omo Ghana has killed me”.
“We drove the truck to Matthew’s sisters house in Owo where someone
was waiting to buy the sugar. We kept the goods in the care of
Matthew’s sister and drove the truck head back to Olukwu where we
abandoned it. We later sold the back of the truck to someone for
N700,000. The buyer paid N600,000. I gave Matthew N300,000 and i
kept the other N300,000 to myself. We then relocated to Nsuka where
we went to see a herbalist and we were arrested at Nsuka Enugu
State”

Suspects arrested have all confessed to the crime, Truck and
Some parts of the goods recovered and they will soon be charged to
Court.