Police authorities in Kogi State have announced the arrest of a Police Inspector, Aminu Mohammed, for organizing robbery of the residence of those around his duty station, ‘C’ Division in Lokoja, the state capital.
Mohammed reportedly saw a neighbour’s car he liked and told his gang of armed robbers to rob the house of the owner of the car and steal it.
According to the spokesman of the command, SP William Aya, luck ran out on the officer when the robbery gang was busted by the police.
He said someone spotted the stolen car in a panel beater’s workshop where it was being recoloured and alerted the police.
“The car was found in the workshop of the policeman’s panel beater, Arome Moses, who was already working on changing the car’s colour at Ochadamu near Anyigba in the Eastern part of the state.
“Those who knew the vehicle and were aware of the robbery incident that occurred at the owner’s house on 14th June 2024, quickly raised alarm upon sighting the car.
“The car’s plate number had already been changed to an Abuja number just as a car dealer’s receipt, backdated to 2020, was presented by the officer as his evidence of purchasing it.
“His panel beater had primed the car preparatory to changing its colour before the alarm was raised,” he said.
He added that after raising the alarm, the policemen of the Quick Response Unit attached to the Police Area Command were quickly invited, and the panel beater was apprehended.
One of the members of the gang of armed robbers, who had also been on police wanted list for other crimes, confessed to the crime and named the police officer as the mastermind.
He confessed that they were contracted to rob the house of the owner of the car for the sole aim of getting the car for him.