Police has arrested vicious armed robbers, who specialized
in bank robbery, recovering arms and ammunition, and arrested a senior bank staff
and security personnel attached involved in the foiled armed robbery attack on
Access Bank Branch in Port Harcourt, Rivers state.
The suspects include, Samuel Ndudiri (staff of the Bank), a
principal suspect and the master mind of the foiled armed robbery attack, Ex SGT Promise Ukwuoma, a dismissed Policeman, Samuel Nwala, Lucky
Ukwuoma, and Kaale Taagabah.
Weapons recovered from them include, Two (2) AK 47 Rifles
and magazines fully loaded with Ammunition, a welding machine, Two (2) Gas
cylinders and iron cutters, a big Chisel, a Cutting saw, a Hammer and a cetylene
gas power.
On the 22nd December, 2016, the five (5) suspects mentioned
above and other still at large stormed a Branch of Access Bank PLC in Port
Harcourt, relying on information and active involvement of one of the staff of
the Bank, the armed robbers successfully broke down the well fortified security
doors and barriers and took over the banking hall.
They were almost pulling down the vault of the Bank and
other strong rooms in the bank with use of gas cylinder welding machine and
iron cutters before the joint Police Teams of IGP’S Intelligence Response Team
and Policemen from Rivers state Police Command swiftly moved in and dislodged
them, thereby foiled the armed robbery attack on the Bank and made a prompt
arrest of three of the suspects at the scene.
In the course of thorough investigation into the foiled armed robbery attack on the Bank, the principal suspect who is a staff of the Bank and the master mind of the armed robber attack was subsequently arrested based on the confessional statements volunteered by the last three suspects arrested at the scene. The arrest of the principal suspect led to the arrest of Ex SGT Promise Ukwuoma who participated actively in the armed robbery attack on the Bank, the two (2) AK 47 riffles and the ammunition were recovered from him. All the suspects have volunteered confessional and useful statements to the Police about the various criminal roles they played in the commission of the crime.
However, concerted
efforts are being intensified to arrest other suspects still at large and bring
them to justice.
The case will be charged to court on completion of investigation.
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