Eight
suspected Criminals who specialize in High hijacking trucks and breaking into
ware houses had been paraded before newsmen in Lagos by the assistant inspector
General of police in Nigeria in charge of Zone two ALHJI ABDUL MAJI ALI.
The
assistant Inspector General of Police ALHJI
ABDUL MAJI ALI gave the name of the suspects as stated:
1. Promise
Saidi
2. Happiness promise
3. Obi
Enebo
4. Silas
Effion
5. Monday
Udoh
6. Ifedinachukwu
Iwuala
7. Smaila
Umar
According to the Inspector General of Police in
Nigeria ALHJI ABDUL MAJI ALI who said
that one of their mode of achievement against crime by their anti crime team
and information said that both eight suspect are arrested for conspiracy,
robbery and murder of which they confessed their offense of robbery; carting
away of Ruler Ships, Cartons of tomatoes
and other valuable items that worth up to twenty two million naira.
He
also said that the Anti Kidnapping Unit of the Zone MRS. ETIPIASMO said that
a gang of Armed Robbers who specializes in hijacking trucks and breaking into ware
houses conspiring to operate around the courting areas of the Lagos Metropolis.
The Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of Police explained that is next action
they took was to configure their hide out and arrested some of them while the
subsequent investigation led to the arrest of the remaining four including two
men who used to receive the stolen items.
According
to ALHJI ABDUL MAJI ALI , during
interrogation some of the suspects confessed that they have carried out many
robbery operations including the one in Ajayi in which a security man was
killed. One of the suspects OBI ENEBO who
hailed from Akwaibom state in Nigeria, said he did not take part in the robbery
but was invited to come and carry some goods. According to OBI ENEBO who specified his
claims that one of the robber called him to come and help them to carry
something from a company, that he never knew it was a robbery issue, he thought
he was going to help market goods.
Also
one of the suspects MODAY UDOH who
led the team as well as serving as Truck Driver explained that the stolen goods
were taken through Onitsha in Anambra state to Abakaliki all in Nigeria. According to him, he
said that he was asked by his gangs to bring his truck around 3.00 am and did
as they said, so he took the good to his friend who is a dealer and they later
took it to a church.
The
receiver of the goods IFEDINACHI IWUALA from
Imo State said he was arrested at Onitsha but he did not know they were stolen
items. According to him, she said that someone else proposed to him that he was
in passion of stolen goods and he presented the receipt for the transaction
between him the seller of the goods and he took the police to the resident of
the seller of the goods in Onitsha but he was not found.
Assistant Inspector General of Police told news men that the eight suspects will
be charged to court soon.
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