The Kogi State Police Command said it has arrested a Police Inspector, Aminu Mohammed, over the alleged robbery of the residence of those around his duty station, ‘C’ Division in Lokoja, the state capital.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer, William Aya, made this known to journalists on Tuesday in Lokoja.
According to Aya, a Superintendent of Police: “Luck ran out of the officer following the activities of a notorious gang of armed robbers who specialises in robbing houses of household items and cars.
“The car was found in the workshop of the policeman’s panel beater, Arome Moses, who was already working on changing the car’s colour at Ochadamu near Anyigba in the Eastern part of the state.
“Those who knew the vehicle and were aware of the robbery incident that occurred at the owner’s house on 14th June, 2024, quickly raised alarm upon sighting the car.
“The car’s plate number had already been changed to an Abuja number just as a car dealer’s receipt, backdated to 2020, was presented by the officer as his evidence of purchasing it.
“His panel beater had primed the car preparatory to changing its colour before the alarm was raised.”
Aya added that after raising the alarm, the policemen of the Quick Response Unit attached to the Police Area Command were invited, and the panel beater was apprehended.
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One of the members of the gang of armed robbers, who had also been on the police wanted list for other crimes, confessed to the crime and named the police officer as the mastermind.
He confessed that they were contracted to rob the house of the owner of the car for the sole aim of getting the car for Mohammed.
Aya said the Commissioner of Police in the state, Bertrand Onuoha, has ordered a thorough investigation into the alleged misconduct.
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