Police Apprehend Naval, NCS Personnel Over Robbery

By Sola Omoniyi, Lagos

A 25-year-old navy officer simply identified as Ibrahim Adamu and 26-year-old Nigerian Correctional Service officer, Abdullahi Abdulwahab has been nabbed by the Edo state Police command over alleged armed robbery and car snatching.

It was reported that the duo forcefully collected a C300 Mercedes Benz car and N400,000 from a man in Sapele, Delta state.

According to SP Chidi Nwabuzor, the spokesperson of the command affirmed that the suspects were arrested on their way to sell the car in Abuja, by the police in Ekpoma, Edo state.

The suspect asserted that they were one of the men of Nigerian Navy and Correctional Service.

During interrogation, Ibrahim Adamu confessed that he was apprehended for stealing a Mercedes Benz in Delta state.

“I was recruited into the Navy in 2019. I worked in Lokoja, Kogi state before I was posted to Warri, Delta state. It was when I went on a course in Sapele that I made the plan to steal a vehicle,” Adamu confessed

“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. And 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 Oghara Road, he offered us money to settle the matter and I told him to pay N500,000 but he paid N400,000 to a Point of Sale account which I gave him and was later transferred to me. We were driving to Abuja to sell the car when the police arrested us,” he added.

However, the Command Spokesperson, SP Chidi Nwabuzor maintained that the duo’s military uniforms had been recovered.