A police corporal, Omini Nkanu, attached to the Oba-Ile Division, Ondo state Police Command has been sacked from the force for his involvement in several robbery operations.
This was confirmed by the commissioner of police, Isaac Eke, when he disclosed that a policeman had snatched a Toyota Camry car marked, BD 984A KR from the owner identified as Oretan Oluwadamilare at gunpoint in Oba-Ile July 24, 2014.
According to the commissioner, Nkanu was arrested by a team of the Federal Highway Patrol attached to the Abia state command at Opobo Road, Aba.
He said, “He confessed to the crime. He also mentioned a member of his gang as Emeka, an okada rider who is at large, and added that he was taking the stolen car to Aba for sale before he was arrested.”
“He has been dismissed from the force and charged to court for armed robbery,” he addeed.
Eke also added that not less than 23 robbery suspects had been apprehended by the command in the last four months.
“A total of five vehicles, 10 guns of different calibre were also recovered during this period,” he said.
