Kogi State Police Command on Tuesday confirmed the arrest and detention of a police crime Inspector in Kogi State, Alhaji Aminu Muhammed for alleged
robbery of the residence of those around his duty station, the ‘C’ Division in Lokoja.
The Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO), Kogi State Police Command , William Ayah who confirmed the incident on Tuesday, said the Police officer has been arrested and already in detention.
He added that the Commissioner of Police, Kogi State, Bertrand Onuoha has order for thorough investigation before next line of action can be taking over the alleged misconduct.
Nemesis caught up with the officer after a robbery incident who further checks revealed has been involved in several similar cases in the past.
Luck however ran out of him this time following the escapades of a notorious gang of armed robbers who specializes in robbing houses of household items and cars.
A source who identified himself as Aduku Sheidu Akpan a remote village few distance from Ochadamu to old our reporter that 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 in Ofu local government area of Kogi State.
Those who know the vehicle and were aware of the robbery incident that occured in 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 color before the alarm was raised and policemen of the Quick Response Unit (QRU) attached to the Police Area Command, Idah apprehended him.
Upon reaching the ‘A’ Division in Lokoja, where the QRU took the apprehended panel beater, it was found that the criminals who committed the robbery have already been arrested for the commission of another crime.
One of the members of the gang of armed robbers, who had also been on police wanted list for other crimes, confessed to the commission of the robbery and named the police officer as the mastermind.
He confessed that they were contracted to rob the house of the owner of the car for the sole aim of getting the car for him.
Other sources from the police officer’s village, Akpakidigbo, revealed that he has brought uncountable number of cars to his palatial mansion in the village in the past thereby raising suspicions over his source of income and the conclusion that he has been thriving on proceeds of crime.
The community is accordingly waiting to see the outcome of the matter pointing out that the state government under His Excellency, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo, has been assuring on providing adequate security for the state.
They are however worried that the involvement of the police officer in robbing citizens and residents of the state is already sending a wrong signal and may truncate government’s efforts at providing security. They are therefore angling for justice to be done in this matter as deterrence to others.
People are however waiting to see when the suspect would be taken to court for prosecution in line with the government’s agenda of not covering up criminal activities in the state regardless of who is involved.
