CRIME & COURT

8 paraded for robbing cash-in-transit van, N10m recovered

The police in Abia state, southeast Nigeria, have paraded eight persons for robbing a cash-in-transit van. One of the suspects, the police said, is a former officer of the Department of State Security (DSS), named Proposer Israel.

Janet Agbede, the commissioner of police for the state, said the rogue former DSS officer, together with his younger brother, Chinwendu Israel, and others attacked the bullion van on the July 26, 2022, along the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway, near Ntigha Juntion in the Isiala Ngwa North L.G.A of Abia State.

The suspected robbers reportedy killed the cash officer seated in the van during the operation. Agbede added the police recovered the sum of N10, 184,000.00 (Ten million, one hundred and eighty-four thousand naira) from the gang.

According to Agbede, a special squad led the arrest of the suspects and recovered weapons they used for their robbery operations.

“Other suspects arrested include Adesoji Adeniyi aka ‘Soji’ (male) from Ondo State, resident and arrested in Lagos State, Nnamdi Nwaosu aka ‘Prophet’ from Rivers State, resident and arrested in Imo State, and Nwachukwu Albert aka White (1st Armourer) from Delta State, resident and arrested in Lagos State.

“Others are, Felix Ajalaja from Ondo State, resident and arrested in Rivers State; Moshood Opeyemi aka Abiola from Osun State, resident and arrested in Rivers State; Matthew Christmas aka Aluwa from Delta State, resident and arrested in Delta State; Azubuike Amaefula aka Zubby from Abia State, resident and arrested in Rivers State, and Monday Samuel aka MD (2nd Armourer) from Delta State, resident and arrested in Ondo State”, the CP said.

Exhibits recovered from them include one General purpose Machine Gun with 53 rounds of live ammunition, 13 AK47 rifles with 1,749 live ammunition, two improvised explosive dynamite, one cut-to-size double barrel gun with five live cartridges, and 84 AK47 magazines.

Others are Mercedes Benz mini truck they used in concealing their firearms and cash of 10 million, one hundred and eighty four thousand naira (N10,184,000.00) only.

“All the above mentioned suspects in their individual voluntary statements confessed belonging to a 14-man awful armed robbery gang with speciality in bullion van attacks and that for about two months before the attack, the bullion van had been under their surveillance”, the CP further said.

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