Car-snatching: Police arrest Naval officer, Prison warder
EDO State Police Command has arrested a Navy officer, Ibrahim Adamu and Correctional Service officer, Abdullahi Abdulwahab over alleged car-snatching and armed robbery in Edo State. The state police command spokesperson, Chidi Nwabuzor, while parading the suspects, said they were arrested in army uniform at Ekpoma by the crack team of the command while acting on credible information. He said the suspects attacked the driver of an unregistered C300 Mercedes Benz car in Sapele, Delta State and snatched the car from him, and also forced him to transfer N400,000 to their account. He said the suspects were taking the vehicle to one Alhaji in Abuja for sale when they were arrested by the Police in Ekpoma, Edo State. He said: “The suspects have made statements and claimed to be personnel of the Nigerian Navy and Correctional Service respectively.” Nwabuzor said the vehicle and military uniform were recovered from the suspects. Speaking with journalists, Ibrahim Adamu, who was...