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UK Jails Four Nigerians, Six Others for £240,000 Phone-Ro+bery Rampage A Kingston Crown Court in the United Kingdom has sentenced four Nigerians and six other members of a vi+lent phone-ro+bery syndicate to a combined 55 years in prison for a series of coordinated att@cks on mobile phone stores across London. According to a statement released by the UK Metropolitan Police, the group identified as David Akintola, Ayomide Olaribiro, Olabiyi Obasa, David Okewole, James Adodo, Robert Hills, Nelson Joel, Michael Babo, Mushtakim Miah, and Laville Bloise carried out 13 ro+beries between September and November 2024. The syndicate primarily targeted EE stores, using thre+ts of vi+lence to force staff to unlock secure stock rooms before escaping with high-value smartphones and electronic devices worth £240,000. Detectives linked the suspects to the cr+mes through DNA evidence, call records, and vehicle data. Officers monitored the group as they planned additional att+cks and arrested four members in the act during an attempted ro+bery at an EE shop in Kilburn on November 19, 2024. Follow-up searches at various addresses led to the recovery of st+len devices and further incriminating material. All ten suspects were charged, and eight pleaded guilty to conspiracy to r+b on January 30. They were sentenced on Friday, November 7, as follows: • James Adodo — 10 years • David Akintola — 6 years, 6 months • Michael Babo — 6 years, 10 months • Robert Hills — 5 years, 3 months • Ayomide Olaribiro — 4 years, 6 months • Nelson Joel — 3 years, 3 months • Olabiyi Obasa — 3 years, 6 months • David Okewole — 7 years, 6 months Two additional defendants who pleaded guilty to attempted robbery received the following sentences: • Laville Bloise — 2 years’ imprisonment, suspended for two years • Mushtakim Miah — 8 years, 6 months The Metropolitan Police noted that the sentencing brings closure to a months-long investigation into the group’s organised, high-impact crime spree across the London area.
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