Ondo State Police Command has said that a police corporal, Omini Nkanu, attached to the Oba-Ile Division, had been dismissed for his involvement in armed robbery.
Commissioner of Police, Isaac Eke, said on Wednesday that the policeman snatched a car belonging to one Oretan Oluwadamilare at gunpoint in Oba-Ile.
According to him, the incident occurred on July 24, when Nkanu, acting alone, snatched a Toyota Camry marked, BD, 984A, KR.
He said Nkanu was arrested at Opobo Road, Aba, by a team of the Federal Highway Patrol attached to the Abia State Command.
He said, “He confessed to the crime. He also mentioned a member of his gang as Emeka, an okada rider who is at large ,and added that he was taking the stolen car to Aba for sale before he was arrested.
“He has been dismissed from the force and charged to court for armed robbery.”
The CP said about 23 robbery suspects had been apprehended by the command in the last four months.
Eke added that five vehicles were recovered during the period, just as 10 guns of different calibre were also recovered.
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