The Ebonyi State Police Command has apprehended five suspects for stealing vehicles and robbing a point of sale (POS) Operator and making away with his cash and smart phone.
A release by the Ebonyi State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Joshua Ukandu, this Friday morning, states that one of the suspects whose identity is given as Okoro Daniel Obumneme stole a Black Prado jeep belonging to a customer that usually who patronised a car wash in a shopping mall that employed the suspect in Abakaliki, and the vehicle was traced to Mgbuka Obosi, Anambra state, where he intended to sell the vehicle before it was recovered.
The release further revealed that operatives of the command also arrested 4 other suspects; Praise Chukwudi ‘M’ 30yrs, Chukwudi Victor Onuagba ‘M’ 27yrs, Solomon Friday Godwin ‘M’ 25yrs, and Chidiebere Chidozie ‘M’ 24yrs, who conspired and robbed a Mercedes 300 car from one Kenneth Aluma ‘M’ at Ndufu Alike Ikwo at gunpoint.
According to the release, they also robbed one Ogoh Chimaobi Solomon ‘M’ who operates a POS machine and made away with cash of six hundred and one thousand Naira (#601,000) and a smart phone.
It also made public that the suspects were arrested through painstaking intelligence gathering at Precious guest house Onicha in Onicha LGA of Ebonyi State, where the vehicle and two locally-made guns were recovered from them. The suspects will be charged in court once the investigation into the matter is concluded”.
The Statement further pointed out that Commissioner Of Police, Ebonyi State Command, CP Anthonia Uche-Anya, has assured residents of the state that the command would leave no stone unturned in going after criminals who refuse to desist from crime.
