Police Sergeant Arrested For Armed Robbery In Rivers

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From Ameachi Prosper (The New Diplomat’s Delta State Correspondent)

Rivers State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of one of its officer, Sergeant Ibrahim Odege, for his alleged involvement in an armed robbery operation in Port Harcourt, Rivers state capital.

Sergeant Odege, attached to the Operations Department of the Rivers Police Command was caught last Saturday night along with one  Sampson Inomoghe 32 years by security guards and residents at Elekahia Estate, where they were robbing victims at gunpoint.

Police Public Relations Officer, Rivers Command, SP Nnamdi, in a statement following the handover of both suspects to the police, said the police officer and his civilian partner in crime were caught in the act.

Omoni stated, “The two armed robbers were later identified as Sergeant Ibrahim Odege attached to the Operations Department of the Rivers Police Command and one  Sampson Inomoghe 32yrs from Nembe in Bayelsa State but reside at Rumuokwrushi in Obio, Akpor LGA.

“The duo were arrested at the scene of the crime with the exhibits including three different handsets belonging to their victims and one locally made Bareta pistol.

“One of the victims, Mrs Doris Elechi identified them as those that robbed her of her Tecno Handset, one of the exhibits recovered.

At the Station, the suspects confessed to have carried out the robbery attacks among other revelations.

“Meanwhile the Commissioner of Police, CP, Joseph Mukan has condemned the act and ordered the immediate transfer of suspects and exhibits to the State Criminal Investigation Department for Investigation.”

'Dotun Akintomide
'Dotun Akintomide
'Dotun Akintomide's journalism works intersect business, environment, politics and developmental issues. Among a number of local and international publications, his work has appeared in the New York Times. He's a winner of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Award. Currently, the Online Editor at The New Diplomat, Akintomide has produced reports that uniquely spoke to Nigeria's experience on Climate Change issues. When Akintomide is not writing, volunteering or working on a media project, you can find him seeing beautiful sites like the sandy beaches that bedecked the Lagos coastline.

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