No fewer than 25 suspected criminals were arrested and paraded yesterday Thursday 24th of May 2019 in Kogi by Kogi State Police Command.
The news has it that the arrested criminals specialised in armed robbery, kidnapping, car snatching and cannibalization of stolen vehicles.
Parading the suspects at Kogi State police headquarters, Mr. Hakem Busari, Kogi State police Commissioner, said “the arrest was made possible via a proactive strategies rooted in intelligence-led policing and robust interaction with various strata of the communities in the state”, daily post said.
Busari said, Martin Igwe and Emeka Okeke who specialised in cannibalizing of stolen vehicles and motorcyles were apprehended following a tip-off that the suspects operate a warehouse at Felele in Lokoja with inscription of fowl feeds while they used the warehousing for storage of over 50 vehicle engines they stole in Kogi and other states.
Others paraded by the Commissioner of Police were Olobo Maha, Aminu Maha and Isiaka Sule, they were arrested in Lokoja for stealing motorcycles, while Ali Sule, Danjuma Isah and Musa Seidu were arrested for being in possession of illegal firearms at Ganaja village in Ajaokuta local government area of the State.
He observed that items seized from them included one unregistered Qlink motorcycle, one baretta pistol, one revolver pistol and one locally made single barrel pistol.
Friday Abah and Ogbaje Solomon who robbed one Ojochenemi Baba of Emonoja Aludo village Ogugu in Olamoboro Local Government were paraded with one sharon car, two Honda motorcycles, one plasma TV , a decoder and fifteen handsets they allegedly stole from their victim’s house
The Commissioner of Police further revealed that the same suspects, on month of May , 2019 also robbed one Arinze Chukwu, a Manager of Chichidi filling station Okpo at gun point and made away with the sum of N229,000.
He said police is already investigating on how to arrest other members of the gang.
Another criminals paraded were Jeremiah Abon and Samuel Oroile, who were arrested for snatching a car belonging to one Mrs. Grace Gunwa living along Army Signal Lokoja.
Busari said the suspects were arrested following a report received from Mrs Gunwa that her driver went away with her car to unknown destination to sell the Kia car, further said that the suspect was arrested in Kaduna.
The arrested suspects will be charged to court after investigation, the Commissioner of Police said ” We are warning any person, who is in the possession of illegal firearms to surrender them to the nearest police stations, as any one caught will face the full wrath of the law.”
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