This teenage robber simply identified as Emmanuel Peace operates with a dummy wooden gun, forcing victims without cash to make bank transfers to an account belonging to one “Anwanga Abasi Nathaniel Udo“.
Focus Naija can report that he was apprehended by the Okpanam Division of the Delta State Police Command following a distress call during an operation.
It was gathered from the acting PPRO of the state command, DSP Bright Edafe that the suspect had successfully forced an aged couple to make a transfer of 600k to the account before his arrest.
Exhibits recovered from him at the point of arrest are two knives and a torchlight including the dummy gun used to scare his victims.
Similarly, over N300,000 and two pistols were recovered from two suspected robbers arrested by Eagle-Net Special Squad while on a routine patrol along Ughelli-Warri express way on the 14th of June, 2021.
According to the state police command, the countenance of the robbers in a navy blue Toyota Picnic car arose suspicion which led to a search conducted on passengers in the vehicle.
On the 14/6/2021 at about 1130hrs, Eagle-Net Special Squad, while on routine patrol/stop and search duty along Ughelli-Warri express way intercepted a Toyota Picnic car navy blue in colour with Reg. No. AAA 464 YA with six (6) male occupants, the countenance of some the passengers crave suspicion hence they were all asked to come down for search. While at the process of searching, three (3) locally made pistols, two (2) handsets, one (1) mobile phone, power bank and the cash sum of three hundred and sixteen thousand six hundred and forty naira only (N316, 640.00) were recovered in possession of two among the occupants. The two suspects, One Kelvin Godstime ‘m’ age 20yrs of Upper Afisere in Ughelli North LGA and Samson Ekutu ‘m’ age 23yrs of Ugbogeme of Udu LGA were arrested. Investigation is ongoing.