Crime & Court

Edo police arrest alleged correctional service, Naval officers for robbery

 

 

 

The Edo State Police Command has arrested alleged officials of the Nigerian Navy and the Nigerian Correctional Service for armed robbery and car snatching in the state.

Parading the suspects in Benin, the capital on Tuesday, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Chidi Nwabuzor informed that the suspects;⁷ Ibrahim Adamu and Abdullahi Abdulwahab were arrested in military uniforms in Ekpoma by operatives while acting on credible information.

According to the force spokesman, the suspects attacked the driver of an unregistered C300 Mercedes-Benz car in Sapele, Delta State and snatched the car from him, and also forced him to transfer N400,000 to their account.

The police added that there are suspects who were meant to take the car to Abuja and sell it when they were arrested by the police in Ekpoma, Edo State.

“The suspects have made statements and claimed to be personnel of the Nigerian Navy and Correctional Service respectively,” he said.

Nwabuzor said the vehicle and military uniform were also recovered from the suspects.

On his part, Adamu told journalists that he was arrested for stealing a Mercedes-Benz C300 car in Delta State.

Similarly, Abdullahi claimed Adamu invited him to Warri for the job, saying that it was his first time taking part in a robbery.

 

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