The Ilemba Police
Division, yesterday, said it has arrested a suspected armed robber said to have
been terrorizing the residents of Sabo Oniba community of Ojo local Government
Area.
The suspect, identified as Christain Umini, 22,
said to be a dismissed member of the proscribed vigilante group in the
community, “Bakassi”, reportedly used a gun-like object to dispose his victims
of their property.
He also allegedly confessed that he was responsible
for the vandalisation of a car owned by a community head and other residents of
the community, claiming that he ventured into robbery because of his dismissal
from the community vigilante.
He said: “I decided to venture into robbery after I
was dismissed from the community vigilante group. As a former member of the
group, I knew the nooks and crannies of the community”.
Suspect will soon be charged to court after further
investigation.
Meantime, two suspects accused of drugging and
robbing a Chinese national, Zhang Bafan, in his hotel room at Ojo area of Lagos
State, have petitioned the Inspector General of Police, MD Abubakar, over
alleged attempts by the Area E Commander, Dan Okoro, to circumvent
investigation, illegal arrest and prolonged detention.
Dan Okoro, an Assistant Commissioner of Police,
however told, that he was aware of the petition explaining that the suspects
were arrested following complaints from a Chinese national who accused them of
drugging and robbing him.
The suspects identified as Rowland Okorie and
Ifeanyi Ndubisi, who were paraded last Wednesday, by the Area E Commander
before newsmen at the State Command Headquarters, Ikeja, told that they’ve been
detained for more that 13 days by the area commander on a crime they didn’t
commit.
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