BY FAVOUR PERCY-IDUBOR
Four persons have been nabbed by operatives of the Edo State Police Command for allegedly snatching a Toyota Highlander at gunpoint.
Three of the suspects, Ifeanyi Okpara (26), Dennis Okosun (25) and Edwin Iruogbe (27), while operating on a motorcycle, allegedly snatched the SUV with Reg No RBC 66 AQ, at Ekpoma in Edo State.
The fourth suspect, Shehu Ismail (25), was said to have bought the vehicle from the carjackers for ₦1.5 million.
According to the State Commissioner of Police, Nemi Edwin-Iwo, the owner of the vehicle, Iwologbe Raphael, of Judges Quarters, Ekpoma, reported the car theft to the police on August 23, 2024, at about 20. 30 pm.
“On the strength of this complaint, operatives of the Command’s Anti-Kidnapping Unit, through painstaking tech-driven investigation, led to the recovery of the snatched vehicle and the arrest of all the suspects involved,” he stated.
Other items recovered from the suspects included a locally made pistol with two live cartridges. All the suspects have confessed to the crime and will soon be charged in court,” CP Edwin-Iwo added.
