Two young Nigerian musicians arrested for robbery in Lagos

Two Nigerian musicians Chinonso Micheal who is 24yrs Old and his accomplice Chimelu Victory, 22yrs old also a pianist has been arrested for robbery case in Ajah, Lagos state.


The two youngsters actually confessed to the crime while claiming that the act was committed due to the effect of the lockdown hardship and hunger forced them to rob.


Both Chinonso and Chimelu were arrested by the Lagos state Police Command at their homes in the company of other 5 suspects.

It was gathered that on April 10, 2020, the two young musicians ordered for a pay on delivery iPhone 11 Pro Max phone at the price of N450,000 via an online platform from their place of hideout in Ajah, Lagos.


Report claimed that after they had received the product from a dispatch rider who brought the phone to them, Chimelu immediately created a fake payment alert received to the dispatch rider and conspired with Chinonso his partner to escaped from the house after they had deceived the dispatch rider by tying him down with a bottle of beer.

The culprits were arrested later as they both confessed that the lockdown forced them in commiting the criminal act after claiming of not to have eaten for over the period of 2 weeks.

The young musicians claimed that before the lockdown, that they had been regularly playing at night clubs and various events within Lagos region and other environs.

They confessed : “We were already owing all the store owners in the neighbourhood. Nobody was ready to give us credit anymore. We had to device a means to survive the lockdown”