The Delta Police Command has arrested a 32 year- old Joshua Oghenenovo and 29- year- old Kingsley Gbeneku for alleged attempt to rob a new generation bank in Ughelli in Delta State.
The Acting Spokesman of the command, Bright Dafe, disclosed this in a statement on Friday ,in Asaba.
Dafe noted that the arrest was a major breakthrough by the command under the watch of the Commissioner of, Police,Ari Mohammed which foiled the attempt to rob the bank.
According to him, the command on Wednesday, based on intelligence, gathered that a robbery syndicate was planning to attack and rob one of the new generation banks in Ughelli.
The Commissioner of police then directed the Eagle Net Special Squad,headed by SP Usman Dimka to trace and fish out the criminals.
Following the directive, Dimka detailed his patrol team’s leader, Yunusa Danyaya on a sting operation in one of their hideouts in a hotel in Isiokolo Town, Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta.
” This led to the earlier arrest of their ring leader, Oghenenovo of Uduphori town, Patani LGA,who was caught with one pump action and twenty live cartridges.
” It was the confessional statement of Oghenenovo that led to the arrest of Gbeneku of Akwuofor Asaba in Oshimili South LGA of the state,a staff of the new generation bank they were intending to rob..
” Gbeneku has confessed to be their informant and had already provided the police with a clue on the modus operandi of the gang” he said.
Dafe said efforts were on to arrest other members of the gang, and urged members of the public to avail the police with any useful information that would lead to their arrest.
