The
Deputy Superintendent of Prisons who works at the headquarters of the Nigeria
Prisons Service, was arrested in Enugu on June 26 alongside suspected
accomplices, Ifeanyi Ozor, a native of Enugu State who is also resident in
Abuja; and Smart Osetu from Oguta in Imo State.
Parading
the suspects, Enugu State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mohammed Danmallam, who
spoke to newsmen disclosed that Ugwu and
his colleagues were apprehended after the police gathered intelligence
information on their activities. According to him, the suspects were arrested
on charges bordering on armed robbery, conspiracy, malicious damage, stealing
and ‘obtaining by tricks.’
The
Police Boss added that Senior Prison official from Ezza in Ebonyi State, who
resides in Abuja stays around the premises of commercial banks to monitor
prospective victims who had come to withdraw money, alongside members of his
gang.
“The
suspects (Ugwu, Ozor and Osetu) belong to a syndicate that specialises in
monitoring anyone that has gone to bank to make withdrawals and trail them to a
point where they can smartly force the door or the windscreen (of the victims’
car) open with their instrument and steal the said amount.
“They
are also part of a syndicate that buys goods from traders and generate fake
payment alert to the owner of the goods without him knowing.
“They
were nabbed along Ogui Road, Enugu by the operatives of the Enugu State Police
Command on June 26, 2018, following intelligence information gathered
concerning their nefarious activities" Danmallam said.
A Golf car with registration number Abuja RBC
220 KF, and a broken plug which they allegedly use in “scratching down” the
window of the car to steal from their victims, was also recovered from the
suspects.
Ugwu
however refused to respond to questions from newsmen, as he bowed his head to
prevent journalists from taking pictures of his face.
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