An officer of the Kogi State Police Command, Inspector Aminu Mohammed, has been arrested for alleged robbery and car theft.

It was gathered that Mohammed was arrested for robberies around his duty station in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital.

“The stolen car was found in the workshop of the policeman’s panel beater, Arome Moses, who was already working on changing the car’s colour at Ochadamu village.

“Those who know the vehicle and were aware of the robbery incident that occurred in the owner’s house on June 14 quickly raised an alarm upon sighting the car.

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“An alarm was raised and the panel beater was arrested by policemen of the Quick Response Unit (QRU) attached to the Police Area Command, Idah.

“On interrogation, the panel beater spilled the beans and the officer was invited and apprehended.

“The car plate number had already been changed to an Abuja number just as a car dealer’s receipt was backdated to 2020 and presented by the officer as evidence that he bought it,” a source told NAN.

The Kogi State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Williams Ovye-Aya, confirmed the Inspector’s arrest on Tuesday, July 16, 2024.

Ovye-Aya stated: “Mohammed, a crime officer with the ‘C’ Division at 200 Unit, Lokoja, is cooling his heels at the A Division of the command.

“Already, the Kogi State Commissioner of Police, Bethrand Onuoha, has ordered an investigation into the involvement of the Inspector in the crimes labelled against him.”

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