The
Police have arrested a vicious armed robbery gang which specializes in Bank
Robbery in Port Harcourt,Rivers State.
They
also recovered catches of arms and ammunition, and arrested a senior Bank Staff
and security personnel attached to the Bank involved in the foiled armed
Robbery attack on Access Bank Branch in Port Harcourt, Rivers state.
Those
arrested were
Samuel Ndudiri ‘M’ 28
years (staff of the Bank), a principal suspect and the master mind of the
foiled armed robbery attack.
Ex SGT Promise Ukwuoma ‘M’
a dismissed Policeman.
Samuel Nwala ‘M’ 28 years
Lucky Ukwuoma ‘M’26 years
Kaale Taagabah ‘M’ 27
years
Exhibits
recovered from them were
Two (2) AK 47 Rifles and
magazines fully loaded with Ammunition
A welding machine
Two (2) Gas
cylinders and iron cutters
A big Chisel
Cutting saw
Hammer
Acetylene gas power
According
to the Police, on the 22nd December, 2016, the five (5) suspects
mentioned above and other still at large stormed a Branch of Access Bank PLC in
Port Harcourt, relying on information and active involvement of one of the
staff of the Bank.
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| Access Bank staff with one of the robbers |
The
armed robbers successfully broke down the well fortified security doors and
barriers and took over the banking hall. They were almost pulling down the
vault of the Bank and other strong rooms in the bank with use of gas cylinder
welding machine and iron cutters before the joint Police Teams of IGP’S
Intelligence Response Team and Policemen from Rivers state Police Command
swiftly moved in and dislodged them, thereby foiled the armed robbery attack on
the Bank and made a prompt arrest of three (3) of the suspects at the
scene; namely Samuel Nwala ‘M’ 28 years, Lucky Ukwuoma ‘M’ 26 years, Kaale
Taagabah ‘M’ 27 years
In the
course of thorough investigation into the foiled armed robbery attack on the
Bank, the principal suspect who is a staff of the Bank and the master mind of
the armed robber attack was subsequently arrested based on the confessional
statements volunteered by the last three suspects arrested at the scene.
The
arrest of the principal suspect led to the arrest of Ex SGT Promise Ukwuoma who
participated actively in the armed robbery attack on the Bank, the two (2) AK
47 riffles and the ammunition were recovered from him.
All the
suspects have volunteered confessional and useful statements to the Police
about the various criminal roles they played in the commission of the crime.
According
to the Police, concerted efforts are
being intensified to arrest other suspects still at large and bring them to
justice.
The case
will be charged to court on completion of investigation.
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