Kogi state Police Command Wednesday paraded 25 criminal suspects who specialises in armed robbery, kidnapping , car snatching and other violent crimes in the state.
Parading the suspects at the headquarters of the command, the Kogi state Commissioner of Police Mr Hakem Busari said the arrest was made possible through a proactive strategies rooted in intelligence led policing and robust interaction with various strata of the communities in the state.
Busari said the duo of Martin Igwe and Emeka Okeke who specialised in stolen vehicles and motorcyles were arrested following a tip off that the suspects operate a warehouse at Felele in Lokoja with inscription of fowl feeds while they used the warehousing for storage of over 50 vehicle engines they stole in Kogi and other states.
Also paraded are Olobo Maha, Aminu Maha and Isiaka Sule who were arrested in Lokoja while Ali Sule, Danjuma Isah and Musa Seidu were arrested for being in possession of illegal firearms at Ganaja village in Ajaokuta local government area.
He noted that items recovered from them are one unregistered motorcycle, one berretta pistol, one revolver pistol and one locally made single barrel pistol.
Friday Abah and Ogbaje Solomon who robbed one Ojochenemi Baba of Emonoja Aludo village Ogugu in Olamoboro local government were paraded with one shoron car, two Honda motorcycles, one plasma TV , a decoder and fifteen handsets they allegedly stole from their victim house.
The Commissioner of Police further disclosed that the same suspects in the month of May , 2019 also robbed one Arinze Chugwu a Manager of Chichidi filling station Okpo at gun point and carted away the sum of N229,000, saying investigation is on to arrest other members of the gang.
Also paraded are Jeremiah Abon and Samuel Oroile arrested for snatching a car belonging to Mrs Grace Gunwa living along Army signal Lokoja.
Busari said the suspects were arrested following a report received from Mrs Gunwa that her driver went away with her to unknown destination to sell the Kia car, adding that the suspect was arrested in Kaduna.
