Failed Seme Bank Attack: Leader of notorious trans-border robbery gang, members killed

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 Lagos CP, Fatai Owoseni

Eleven trans-border  armed robbers and their gang leader Tokiwe Joseph alias TK, have been  killed at the Seme border by the joint security agents from Nigeria and  Benin Republic Police after a failed attempt to rob some banks in the  area on Thursday. Lagos CP, Fatai Owoseni Lagos CP, Fatai Owoseni  Addressing journalists on Friday, at the
Command headquarters, the Lagos  State Commissioner of Police, Mr Fatai Owoseni said that the 17-man  robbery gang was led by TK to attack banks and bureau-de-change at Seme  border but was promptly foiled by security operatives. 

The three corpses of the suspected armed robbers including TK, the ring  leader, were paraded before taken to the mortuary.  According to Owoseni, TK had been on the wanted list of the Nigeria  Police for various crimes including armed robbery, kidnapping, murder,  cultism, pipeline vandalism and car snatching. 

 The police boss said, TK has over 200 men which he uses in various  operations to carry out his violent crime, stressing that he also has  properties at Ijegemo and Isawo, Ikorodu in Lagos State.  He said: “TK has operated in places like Ogun, Ondo, Edo and Republic of  Benin. He also intercepts vessels in the Niger/Delta Area, while he  shifts his base from one place to another, depending on the operation he  wants carry out.”

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