How I Was Initiated Into Robbery 10-year-old Victor Tarekedomoni Reveals

A 10-year - old Victor Tarekedomoni has revealed how he was lured into robbery at a very tender age .
He made the confession when he was being paraded by the police in Bayelsa State during the week .
Victor is said to be specialized in robbing victims of phones at bus stops and breaking into houses by squeezing through anti -burglary iron- bars, to ransack the homes , during which he would cart away jewelleries, money, phones , and other valuables.
He confessed that he had led several successful operations before nemesis caught up with him .
The young boy told newsmen that he got into the illicit business through the help of his uncle, having already lost his father.
He said , “ I lost my father and my mother very early in life . I was staying with my uncle, ( name withheld ), who taught me how to rob . My uncle has sent me on several occasions to rob in the area .

“ There was one time he sent me to an office to steal a TV and their computer , which I did. I was attending the Universal Basic Primary Community Education School at Ovom , I was in primary 4 when I dropped out of school . What happened was that my uncle went to rob , but when the police came to look for him, he ran away from house. So , I dropped out of school and joined a robbery gang.
“ I have been involved in several armed robberies ; when we go for operation , the older members of the gang will lift me up the fence , I will jump down and pass through the burglarproof bars, enter the house , ransack the place , take money, jewellery and then escape. After the robbery , they will give me N 1000 or N 1500 , which I used to feed myself daily .
Victor, who hails from Egaibiri community in Sagbama Local Government Area, Bayelsa State said further :
“ I have robbed over 20 victims. I stole their phones at bus stops or along the street.
“ It was when I spent one month in SARS custody , I decided to escape and squeezed through the iron-bars of the cell. I always slept in the store at Arietalin Street , Ovom , before policemen re -arrested me at Sandy area in Yenagoa . ”
“ If the state government or the governor of Bayelsa can come to my rescue and train me , I can be leader in Bayelsa tomorrow. I am talented and blessed but I didn ’t have parental care . That is why I went into robbery and joined a gang . I am a member of Greenlander cult group . I don ’ t want to go back to robbing again . I want to be a good citizen of Bayelsa .
“ I want the public to forgive me because it was my uncle who introduced me to robbery. I started stealing before I joined the gang. The names of the other six members of the gang who are still on run are Junior , Finefine, Daddy Boy , Godspower, Kempade and Goodtimes. ”