I keep guns for armed robbers - 13-year-old boy confesses

Traders at the Idumota market in Lagos State apprehended a 13-year -old boy (name withheld) for alleged stealing and armed robbery operations in the market.
It was gathered that the boy would have been lynched after he allegedly led his gang to dispossess traders and their customers of cash and handsets but for the quick intervention of the Lagos State Traffic Management Agency officials at the market who rescued him and whisked him away.

The boy, however, had bruises all over his body and a deep cut on his head following the severe beating he received. Traders and customers however felt no pity for the boy as they expressed anger that he and his gang are terror in the market and environs. A trader, Kemi Idris described the 13- year-old boy led gang as ‘horror’ to customers and traders . She said, “This boy is a harden criminal.
He is the leader of the boys straying around in this market and all they do is pick pockets and steal money. They don’t have anywhere they go to from this market. They sleep in the market and carry out their operations in this market. This particular boy has been arrested and handed over to the security in the market but they will always release him because he is a boy . They see him as a child but he is a devil’s incarnate.

He is a notorious armed robber and leader of the bad boys in his market. He and his gang stole somebody’s property and he was apprehended and beaten but other of his gang run away.”