Cop arrested for robbing neighbours’ properties

The Kogi State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a Police Inspector, Aminu Mohammed, over the theft of the residence of these round his responsibility station, ‘C’ Division in Lokoja, the state capital.

Our correspondent gathered that nemesis caught up with the officer on Sunday.

The Public Relations Officer, SP William Aya, instructed journalists on Tuesday in Lokoja that ”luck ran out of the officer following the actions of a infamous gang of armed robbers who specialises in robbing homes of home items and automobiles.

” The automobile was discovered within the workshop of the policeman’s panel beater, Arome Moses, who was already engaged on altering the automobile’s color at Ochadamu close to Anyigba within the Japanese a part of the state.

“Those that knew the automobile and have been conscious of the theft incident that occurred on the proprietor’s home on 14th June 2024, shortly raised alarm upon sighting the automobile.

“The automobile’s plate quantity had already been modified to an Abuja quantity simply as a automobile supplier’s receipt, backdated to 2020, was introduced by the officer as his proof of buying it.

“His panel beater had primed the automobile preparatory to altering its color earlier than the alarm was raised,” he stated

He added that after elevating the alarm, the policemen of the Fast Response Unit connected to the Police Space Command have been shortly invited, and the panel beater was apprehended.

One of many members of the gang of armed robbers, who had additionally been on police needed listing for different crimes, confessed to the crime and named the police officer because the mastermind.

He confessed that they have been contracted to rob the home of the proprietor of the automobile for the only goal of getting the automobile for him.