The police have arrested a couple and one other person in a ‘one chance’ robbery in Abuja.
The arrest was made by the Utako Police Divisional Headquarters.
According to the Federal Capital Territory Police Command’s spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, the suspects, during interrogation, confessed to having carried out a series of one-chance-related activities in the FCT before their apprehension.
Adeh, in a statement on Thursday, added that “a blue Mazda car with number plate FCT 590 EV, an operational vehicle used by the syndicate to perpetrate their heinous acts was recovered from one of the suspects.”
The suspects who are all residents of Akaraka Gwagwa in FCT are: Chukwudi Okorie (male) 51 years, Chibuzor Okorie (female) 43 years, and Esther Gabriel (female) 38 years.
The FCT spokesperson added, “While investigation is still ongoing to apprehend other accomplices, the Commissioner of Police FCT, CP Haruna G. Garba, wishes to reiterate his unflinching commitment to ensuring FCT remains a safe and peaceful place for residents to stay without fair from any quarters of the Territory.”
Garba further urged the public “to keep up rendition of distress calls and report suspicious activities.”