Tuesday 20 September 2022

Dismissed Officer Of DSS Leads Nine Others In Bullion Van Robbery In Abia

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A dismissed officer of the Department of State Services (DSS), Prosper Israel, alongside nine other suspects, has been arrested for allegedly robbing a bullion van in Abia State.

Israel and the nine accomplices were reported to be part of a 14-man robbery gang that ambushed a bullion van near the Ntigha junction along Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway on July 26, 2022.

During the robbery, a cash officer of a new generation bank was k!lled on the spot while the suspects carted away an unspecified amount of money from the bullion van.

Three police personnel escorting the bullion van sustained life-threatening wounds while one of the robbers was k!lled by the security men during a gun duel.

Parading the suspects, Commissioner of Police in Abia State, Janet Agbade, said the arrest was the reward of months of painstaking efforts and investigation.

“I carefully studied their modus operandi and set up a special intelligence technologically-led Investigative squad with a clear directive to arrest and recover weapons used by the deadly armed robbery gang.

”Consequently, the Investigation used systematically commenced operation, applying speed and accuracy, and on different locations and days, arrested the following callous armed robbery gang," the CP said.

Those arrested alongside Israel are: Adesoji Adeniyi from Ondo State; Nnamdi Nwaosu, also known as “Prophet”; Chinwendu Israel from Abia.

Others are Nwachukwu Albert from Delta State; Felix Ajaja from Ondo State; Moshood Opeyemi, from Osun State; and Matthew Christmas also from Delta.

Among the suspects also were Azubuike Amaefula from Abia; and Monday Samuel from Delta State.

Exhibits recovered from the suspects include one General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG); 13 AK-47 rifles; one cut-to-size double barrel gun with five live cartridges; 84 AK 47 magazines.

Other items recovered are two improvised explosives dynamites; a Mercedes Benz mini truck used in concealing firearms; and N10,184,000 cash.

The Commissioner of police said the suspects, during interrogation confessed that they placed the bullion van on surveillance for two months before striking.

According to her, efforts were being made to trail three other members of the gang still at large.


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