Edo State Police Command has apprehended a Navy officer, Ibrahim Adamu and a Correctional Service officer, Abdullahi Abdulwahab for snatching of car and armed robbery in the State.
Chidi Nwabuzor, the state police command spokesperson, said the suspects were arrested in army uniform at Ekpoma by the crack team of the command while acting on credible information.
He said the suspects attacked the driver of an unregistered C300 Mercedes Benz car in Sapele, Delta State and collected the car from him, and forced him to make transfer of N400,000 to their account.
He said the suspects were taking the vehicle to one Alhaji in Abuja for sale when they were apprehended by the Police in Ekpoma, Edo State.
Chidi affirmed that the suspects have made statements and claimed to be personnel of the Nigerian Navy and Correctional Service respectively.
Chidi also said the vehicle and military uniform were recovered from the suspects.
Ibrahim Adamu, who was recruited into the Nigerian Navy in 2019, said he was apprehended for stealing a Mercedes Benz C300 car in Delta State.
“I was recruited into the Navy in 2019, I work in Lokoja, Kogi State before I was posted to Warri, Delta State. It was when I went on a course in Sapele that I got the mind and effrontery to steal a vehicle.
“When I finished my course, Abdullahi told me that he wanted to visit me. When he came, i informed him about a job that would pay us well.
“We chartered a tricycle from Warri to Sapele for the operation. We saw a vehicle without a number plate in Sapele.
“We asked him to stop but he refused. We pursued him to a village where he finally stopped.
“I told him, we are taking him to our office for driving an unregistered vehicle and he pleaded that we should settle the matter there but we refused.
“I took over the steering from him and started driving but when we got to Ogara road, he asked how much he can offer us for settlement of the matter and I said N500,000 but he begged and transferred N400,000 to one POS number in Abuja that we gave him, the POS later sent the money back to us.
“We were on our way to Abuja when the Police apprehended us.”
Meanwhile, his accomplice, Abdullahi, a Correctional Service officer in Kaduna State, said Adamu invited him to Warri for the job, and that this was the first time he ever got involved in a robbery.
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