Boy aged 22 arrested by police, charged to court for alleged armed robbery. Four accomplices on the run
By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
A certain boy, Endurance Oviojie, 22, has been arrested by the police in a hunt for armed robbers, kidnappers, and cultists in a hotel in Benin City.
Edo Police Command spokesperson Moses Yamu confirmed the arrest and arraignment of Oviojie but explained that four other suspects are on the run.
He identified them simply as Clinton, Jeff, Mike, and Emmanuel alias Slim Khalifa who escaped through the fence to neighboring premises during the raid.
Yamu said
- Oviojie was arrested by officers of the Anti Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing Unit of the State Criminal Investigations Department (SCID) during a raid off Country Home Road Benin City on May 13.
- Items recovered during the raid included one English Beretta pistol, one locally fabricated pistol, one ammunition, 18 live cartridges, five handsets of various makes, one electronic tablet, charms, and illicit drugs.
- Other recovered items were four unregistered Mercedes-Benz vehicles – one black C350, one gray C300, one gray GLA 250, and one red GLE 350.
- Oviojie has been charged to court while the hunt for the fleeing members of the gang continues.
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