Okologbo, 32, with No. 03NA/53/4586,
was intercepted in a stolen Rav4- Jeep with registration number EKY 297 EJ. He
was driving the car, while in army uniform and had two other occupants with
him.
The two occupants have been
identified as Kelly Ogun, 38, of Peoples Club, Mkpor Road, Onitsha and Chiko
Kiku, 25, of Ugberami community, Ughelli, Delta State.
Okologbo, who allegedly attempted to
run after being arrested, allegedly struggled with men of the Dragon Patrol
Team 22, stationed along Kwale/Ogwashi-Uku highway, before he was overpowered.
He was said to have struggled with the policemen after they asked him for the
vehicle particulars.
The Delta State Commissioner of
Police, Zanna M. Ibrahim, yesterday, disclosed that upon search of the car, the
vehicle particulars were found and indicated that a woman, Florence Uboh, of
Ogunu road, Warri, is the owner.
Ibrahim said: "Further
inquiries revealed that the vehicle was robbed at gun point from Florence two
days back at Ughelli.”
As Ibrahim was briefing journalists
that Okologbo is a fake soldier, Okologbo angrily warned the CP to stop
disparaging him, insisting that he was a serving soldier. He urged the CP to
carry out proper investigations before concluding.
He said: "He has my Identity
Card (ID), he should go and investigate it and stop calling me a fake soldier."
The suspect did not stop at that, he
told those that cared to listen that even if he should explain his role in the
crime, nobody would understand.
He explained further: "I was
called upon to drive the car to Onitsha. I’m not a robber, neither am I a fake
soldier. None of you here can understand why I drove the car.”
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