Police Nab One-Chance Robbers in Abuja
In furtherance with the effort of the FCT Police Command to rid the Federal Capital Territory of the menace of “one chance” robbery, operatives of the Command Anti-One Chance Squad have recorded a major breakthrough with the arrest of two notorious ‘One Chance’ robbery suspects who specialise in robbing their victims of valuables and using dangerous weapons to inflict injuries on their victims.
On 10 November, 2018 at about 0200hrs following a discreet investigation operatives of the Anti-One Chance Squad arrested one Onyebuchi Ifeanyikwu ‘m’ 40 years and Anthony Sunday ‘m’ 35 years at their hideouts in Tungan Maje.
The suspects robbed and inflicted serious injuries on a lady who boarded their car as a passenger en-route Nyanya from Arab road Kubwa on 9th November, 2018 at about 0530hrs. Few minutes into the journey, the suspects diverted their victim to Zuba axis where she was robbed of her cash, phone, two ATM cards and other valuables before she was abandoned. She was rescued and taken to Police hospital Deidei Barracks where she was treated and discharged.
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The following were recovered from the suspects as exhibits: four sharp knives, one nail, one wood containing a nail, one screw driver, some female under-wears, one infinix phone, some jewelries, one bag containing women clothes (belonging to one of their victims) and a golden colour Honda Accord car with registration no: FST 662 BG. Efforts have been intensified to recover items robbed from their victims which are said to be with one of their cohorts who is now at large.
On 2nd November, 2018 at about 0900hrs following a compliant, Police operatives from the Command Anti-One Chance Squad arrested one Usman Ali ‘m’ 19 years and Sani Bala ‘m’ 19 years who operate in a tricycle to rob unsuspecting members of the public. The suspects were arrested after one of their victims who was robbed by the gang at Gwarimpa axis complained to the Police operatives who swung into action and arrested the above named suspects. The following items were recovered from them as exhibits: two daggers, one Samsung phone and one tricycle used for their robbery operations.
The suspects will be arraigned in court upon the conclusion of the investigation.
DSP Anjuguri Manzah
Police Public Relations Officer
FCT Police Command,
Abuja.
