The Kogi State Police Command has confirmed the arrest and detention of a police crime inspector in Kogi State Aminu Muhammed for alleged robbery of the residence of those around his duty station, the ‘C’ Division in Lokoja, the state capital.
The Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO), Kogi State Police Command William Ayah who confirmed the incident on Tuesday said the officer has been arrested and is already in detention.
He added that the Commissioner of Police, Kogi State, Bertrand Onuoha has ordered a thorough investigation before the next line of action can be taken over the alleged misconduct.
Nemesis caught up with the officer after a robbery incident, and further checks revealed that he had been involved in several similar cases in the past.
Luck, however, ran out of him this time following the escapades of a notorious gang of armed robbers who specialized in robbing houses of household items and cars.
A source who identified himself as Aduku Sheidu Akpan in a remote village a distance from Ochadamu told our Channels Television that 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 in Ofu Local Government area of Kogi State.
Those who knew the vehicle and were aware of the robbery incident that occurred in 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 and policemen of the Quick Response Unit (QRU) attached to the Police Area Command, Idah apprehended him.
Upon reaching the ‘A’ Division in Lokoja, where the QRU took the apprehended panel beater, it was found that the criminals who committed the robbery had already been arrested for committing another crime.
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 commission of the robbery, 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 him.
Other sources from the police officer’s village, Akpakidigbo, revealed that he has brought an uncountable number of cars to his palatial mansion in the village in the past thereby raising suspicions over his source of income and the conclusion that he has been thriving on proceeds of crime.
The community is accordingly waiting to see the outcome of the matter pointing out that the state government under Governor Usman Ododo has been assuring on providing adequate security for the state.
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