2 Spare Parts Traders Arrested For Robbery

CYRIACUS IZUEKWE                         

 Police operatives from the Ogun State Command have arrested a two-man robbery gang, from Nnewi Spare Parts Market in Anambra State, who specialised in drugging their victims before dispossessing them of their motorcycles.

P.M.EXPRESS reports that the two suspects, Chidi Umeh, 40 and Obinna Onyebuchi, 28, were arrested following a distress call received by the DPO, Owode Egbado Division, from the residents of Alanu area of Owode Yewa, that the two men, who had drugged a motorcyclist, were about taking his bike away.

This was disclosed by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, who said that the suspects are in Police custody undergoing interrogation.
Oyeyemi said that when the Police received the distress call, the DPO, Owode Egbado Division, SP Olabisi Elebute, quickly led the anti-robbery team to the scene where the two suspects were apprehended with the help of members of the public.

On interrogation, one of the suspects, Chidi Umeh, who came all the way from Nnewi, Anambra State, confessed to the commission of the crime. He explained that he is selling motorcycle parts in Nnewi and he used to come to Owode area to snatch motorcycles from the owners after drugging them through energy drink which he used to give his victims on a friendly note.
His accomplice, Obinna Onyebuchi, corroborated his confession but claimed that it was the first time he followed him out on robbery assignment. As at the time of writing this report, their latest victim is still sleeping in the hospital as a result of the effect of the drug on him. They confessed to have snatched up to four motorcycles from their owners at different times.

Meanwhile, the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, CP Edward A. Ajogun, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for discreet investigation.
The CP therefore, warned motorcyclists to stop taking any edible from their passengers, who are total strangers to them, in order to forestall the occurrence of such heinous crimes.