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Bayelsa CP Confirms Arrest Of 26 Criminals
Bayelsa Commissioner of Police, Mr Chris Olakpe, has confirmed the arrest of 26 suspected criminals in different parts of the state.
Olakpe disclosed this to newsmen in Yenagoa at the command’s headquarters.
He said that the 26 suspected criminals that were arrested included armed robbers, kidnappers, cultists and a drug peddler.
The commissioner said that a 35-year-old lady was also arrested with weeds suspected to be Indian hemp concealed neatly in a 50-litre jerry can at Sagbama.
“Today, I am glad to inform you that we have about 11 members of the Greenlanders Cult Group in our custody.’’
He said that the group had been causing mayhem in Yenagoa and its environs.
The commissioner said that the long arm of the law finally caught up with them, adding that they were presenting helping the police to unravel the identities of others at large.
He said that the criminals included a three-man gang of kidnappers that abducted the mother of a serving lawmaker in the State House of Assembly in Sangana in Brass Local Government Area.
Olakpe said that the gang also murdered two children in their custody.
He said that the suspects had confessed to the crime and made useful statements, adding that the matter was already with the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP).
Olakpe said that four others from Cross River, Anambra, Kebbi and Enugu, who engaged in cross border crimes were also arrested.
He said that they were arrested while carting away hospital equipment worth millions of Naira at the Melford Okilo Memorial Hospital under construction along Imgbi Road in the Amarata suburb.
The commissioner said that the suspects, who claimed to have been on “a second missionary journey’’ were nabbed by the policemen on patrol.
A victim, who gave his name as Lambert Ngerem said that he went to a new generation bank to withdraw N500, 000 and was shot three times by the gang who stormed the bank.
“By the grace of God, none of the pellets penetrated my body before one of them was apprehended.’’
Our correspondent reports that a locally made revolver with three rounds of ammunition was recovered from the suspects.
The commissioner thanked the people for partnering with the police by giving information on the character, identities and hideouts of criminals that had been making lives miserable for law abiding citizens of the state.
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