The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Lugard has arrested and paraded a 26 years old man Aminu Saidu for allegedly stealing Dangote truck loaded with 900 bags of 50kg cement from Dangote cement factory at Obajana in Kogi state.
Parading the suspect before handing him over to officers of the Nigerian Police Force at NNS Lugard base in Banda, Lokoja local government area, the Commander NNS Lugard Commodore Tamuno Senibo, said the suspect was apprehended at Jamata bridge along Lokoja-Abuja highway.
According to Commodore Senibo, on Wednesday 18th September 2024, Nigerian Navy Ship Lugard’s personnel deployed on checkpoint duties at Jamata Bridge along Lokoja-Abuja highway received a distress call from Dangote cement factory Obajana regarding the movement of their truck with registration number GBK 5C 047 suspected to be stolen.
Speaking further, the Commander explained that, on receiving the distress call from Dangote cement , the Navy personnel at the check point commence stop and search operation where the suspect Aminu Saidu was apprehended together with the Dangote truck laden with 900 bags of 50kg cement moving from Obajana to Jalingo , Taraba state.
“As part of our internal security architecture in Kogi state we have check points and patrol teams that conduct surveillance at strategic points we considered as very flash point areas and these are areas we considered high risk areas and vulnerable points.
One of these points is Jamata bridge which is a gateway into Lokoja. So on receiving a distress call from Dangote cement , our personnel at the check point commence stop and search operation where the suspect was apprehended together with the Dangote truck laden with 900 bags of 50kg cement.
“We really don’t know the intention of the suspect and having arrested him we are handing over him to Nigerian Police for further interrogation and necessary actions.
“This effort also show Navy relationship with our environment in which we operate most especially to win the heart and mind of the people within the place we operate.
“Nigerian Navy is poised in their determination to support Nigerian Police in terms of sustaining the tempo of fishing out criminals where ever they hide or they operate in Kogi state” Commodore Senibo stated.
He charged the management of Dangote cement factory not to relent in giving Navy credible information to enable them arrest criminal elements disturbing their activities.
“For intending criminals , I want to tell them that the end of their indulgence in any crime is always disastrous and shameful. They should also bear in mind that crime and criminality is not the best way to achieve your objective in life.
Therefore, they should seek legitimate source of livelihood that are lawful in the eye of the law” the Commander NNS Lugard warned.
ASP Adebayo Amoo the officer in charge of anti-Vice Police Criminal Investigation Department , Kogi State Police Command Lokoja who received the suspect and the the truck on behalf of the Nigerian police , said the suspect, the truck and the content has been handed over to him by the Nigerian Navy.
Amoo assured that the police will investigate the matter beyond reasonable doubt to unravel the hidden secret behind the movement of the Dangote truck without the knowledge and approval of the management of the company.
