How Ex Policemen Allegedly Hijacked Trucks With Goods Worth Over N25m In Ogun | DETAILS
Faith Ukanwa
Jan 19, 2022
Two dismissed policemen and six others, have been arrested for allegedly hijacking trucks with goods worth N25milion in Ogun state.
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The state PPRO, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi gave the ex officers' names as; Nwafor Onyebuchi and Idakole Benjamin. The others are; Ibrahim Musa, Abolade Shola, Ikem Ejimofor, Adebayo Jamiu and Ayeye Edwin.
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According to the PPRO, the Odogbolu divisional headquarters received a distress call on December 8, 2021 at about 3am that a robbery gang blocked the Sagamu-Ijebu Ode Expressway, hijacking a truck loaded with Blue Band products of the Unilever Nigeria Limited.
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"The robbers overpowered the driver and motor boy, took them to the bush, and tied them down there before taking away the truck.
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"On the strength of the distress call, the DPO, Odogbolu division, SP Awoniyi Adekunle, quickly led his patrol team to the scene, but the hoodlums had moved from there before their arrival.
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"They started tracing the hoodlums based on the description of the hijacked truck. Their efforts paid off when the truck was sighted at the Nairaland area of the expressway moving towards the Ijebu-Ode Road.
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"They were given a hot chase and three of the hoodlums, namely; Musa Ibrahim, Shola Abolade and Edwin Ayeye, were arrested, while others escaped in a Honda space wagon carÔÇØ Oyeyemi said in a statement on Tuesday, January 18, 2022.
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According to him, the fleeing suspects contracted a lawyer, informing him that the police had unlawfully arrested their friends.
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"On getting to the office of the DPO, the lawyer was told to produce those that briefed him about the case before those in police custody would be released.
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"The lawyer there and then called them to come as the case was about to be settled.
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"The duo of Nwafor Onyebuchi and Idakole Benjamin, who were later identified as dismissed police sergeants, then came around and they were arrested by the DPO and his men.
"On interrogation, the suspects confessed to blocking the expressway and hijacking the Blue Band loaded truck from the driver after tying down the driver and his motor boy.
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"The suspects were transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for discreet investigation on the orders of the Commissioner of Police, Lanre BankoleÔÇØ.
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He added that the suspects, after investigation, confessed that they had hijacked a total of four trucks loaded with different goods, including diapers, fruit drinks, butter and flour valued at N25,688,000 million.
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"They confessed further that they had a ready-made buyer in one Alhaji Jamiu, who lived in Kwara State.
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"The said Alhaji Jamiu was traced to Erin-Ile in Kwara State, where he was promptly arrested.
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"Their major receiver and financier, Ikem Ejimofor, was traced to Jakande Estate, in Lagos, where he was also arrested.
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"While Alhaji Jamiu confessed that it was his truck the suspects used to block the road when the last truck was hijacked, Ikem Ejimofor, on his part, confessed to being the receiver of all the robbed goods which he bought at a very ridiculous priceÔÇØ Oyeyemi added.
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— Faith Ukanwa