A group of armed bandits who invaded the home of a couple in
Lokoja, the Kogi State capital during the yuletide have been arrested.
The suspects were paraded on Wednesday by the Kogi State police command.
The suspects five in number were said to have invaded the
house of the couple on the 28th December at about 2am while the couple
and their children were fast asleep.
The victim Chris Edime who narrated his ordeal to newsmen at
the police headquarters in Lokoja said that he was woken up by the
strange sound of the robbers who gained entrance into the children room
and started ransacking the house.
“They ordered us all to lie face down, two of them entered
the kitchen to prepare food while two of them drove to the ATM to empty
my account.”
Edime said he was yet to ascertain how much loss he incurred as he is still discovering lost items on daily basis.
Parading the arrested suspect, the state police public
relations officer, William Aya, an Assistant Superintendent of Police,
said “on the 28th December 2017, at about 0200hours, one Engineer Chris
Edume, ‘m’ of Naval Quarters Area, Lokongoma Phase ll, Lokoja reported
that unknown gunmen invaded his house, dispossessed him of his Infinity
G35X Salon Car with registration no GWA67JS, his ATM card and other
household appliances.”
He said that based on the information, the state’s
Directorate of State Security Services, Lokoja and operatives of the
command launched a manhunt for the perpetrators and in the process
arrested the suspects.
Those arrested and paraded are 27-year-old Mohammed Kabiru;
26 years old Musa Mohammed; 26 years old Emmanuel Audu; and 28 years old
Yale Yunusa, all males.
According to the police, one LG Plasma TV, one home theatre
electronic, bag of rice, one single barrel gun, twelve assorted handsets
and charms were recovered from the culprits.
“Further investigation led to the arrest of one Mohammed Ibrahim of Lagos from whom Infinity G35X saloon car was recovered,”