Wilson Adekumola
The operatives of the Edo State Police Command in Edo have apprehended four suspected armed robbers camouflaged in military uniform who robbed a woman of her money and other valuables.
Vanguard reported that the Command Public Relations Officer, SP Chidi Nwabuze, made this known while speaking with Journalists in Benin on Tuesday. .
Nwabuzor explained that the command Intelligence officers arrested the suspects acting on a report by the victim, Grace Ainabe, who was attacked in her residence.
According to the police, those arrested were Iyabo Victor 35, Osas Aganmwonyi 28, Nosa Owie 24, and Idi Etukudo.
It was gathered that the suspects who were clad in military uniform and armed with guns, was led by Victor when they broke into the victims house in Teboga community and carted away money, phones and jewelries.
“The suspect entered her house through the POP ceiling and robbed the entire family of their belongings and forcefully transferred N447, 000 from the victim’s account.
“They collected her phone and forcefully obtained her secret code number for them to have access to her bank detail,” he said.
It was said that after the transfer, the suspects changed the money to foreign currency and shared it among themselves before they were arrested.
The police revealed that the items recovered from them include Iphone13 worth N500,000.00, IPhone 6 worth N48,000.00 and jewelry worth N850,000.
Also recovered are table fan valued N140,000, a standing fan worth N95, 000, an LG split Air-condition worth N360,000, washing machine, Inverter battery and accessories and gas cylinders, among others.
