Police arrest policeman for robbing neighbours via contract with gangs
By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
Police Inspector Aminu Mohammed has been arrested by his colleagues for allegedly robbing houses around his duty station ‘C’ Division in Lokoja.
Kogi Police Public Relations Officer William Aya, a Superintendent of Police, confirmed how “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 said after the alarm was raised, officers of the Quick Response Unit attached to the Police Area Command were invited and the panel beater was apprehended.
He disclosed that a member of the gang of armed robbers, who had also been on police wanted list for other crimes, confessed to the crime and named Mohammed as the mastermind.
Aya said the suspect confessed Mohammed contracted them to rob the house of the owner of the car for the sole aim of getting the car for him.
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