A police command in Abuja has arrested some highway robbers among whom is a dismissed officer who confessed to giving his accomplices vital information leading to the kidnap of his father.

During his confession, while being paraded on Tuesday, April 16, the suspect disclosed that he got N500,000 from the N5 million ransom paid for his freedom.

The police spokesman, Assistant Commissioner of Police Prince Olumuyiwa Adejobi, speaking during the parade of the suspect revealed that the force dismissed a policeman in 2017 for a case of “one chance”.

Adejobi noted that the dismissed officer’s case in court but that when granted bail, the suspect went back to his evil trade.

The police spokesman said:

“The police deemed it necessary to arrest this man, then as a sergeant and he was dismissed for his involvement in one chance robbery and charged to court.
“That’s how we should have done and we did what we should have done, we charged him to court, but he was out on bail and went again to that dirty business. We have caught him again and he’s here with us.” CONTINUE READING

The police shared the above via its X (formerly Twitter) page:

“I did not kidnap our father, I only gave information to kidnappers and was given 500k from the 5 million Naira ransom daddy paid”
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Kidnapping suspect explains

— Nigeria Police Force (@PoliceNG) April 17, 2024