The Delta State Police Command has revealed how it nabbed two individuals for their alleged participation in the theft of an Ondo State Government vehicle.
The vehicle belonging to the Ondo State Ministry of Lands and Infrastructure was taken from its parking spot in Owo town and found in Patani, Delta State.
The suspects, Tochukwu Nnamani’m’, 22, and Chukwuma Unue’m’, 38, were paraded by the Delta State Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Bright Edafe, at the Command’s headquarters in Asaba.
Edafe said: “On 30/7/2023, at about the Command received a distress call from Ondo State and that it is suspected that the vehicle was already in Delta State, armed with relevant information, the CP immediately detailed the CP-Decoy squad to embark on an intelligence led investigation.
“The team embarked on a technical intelligence led investigation, trailed the car to Patani, and the DPO Patani was contacted who in turn alerted police patrol team stationed on the Patani expressway and at about 2030hours of same date, the vehicle was sighted and flagged down by the policemen.
“The vehicle with reg no. OD 231 A10 was recovered and two suspects namely, Tochukwu Nnamani ‘m’ age 22 years from Rivers state and Chukwuma Unue ‘m’ age 38 years from Rivers State were arrested.
“The suspects claimed that the vehicle was handed to them by one Efe in Ughelli for them to deliver to one Chief Ojukwu at Mbaima town in River State.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the vehicle belong to Ondo State Government but attached to Ministry of Lands and Infrastructure and the vehicle was removed from where parked at Owo town in Ondo state.
“Case will be transferred to Ondo State Police Command.”