A 25-year-old woman, Emmanuella Ogochukwu has been arrested by the Lagos State police command for allegedly conspiring with her younger brother and his accomplices to rob her boyfriend of three iPhones and bitcoins worth N15m.
According to a police report, Okota Police Division was handling the case before it was transferred to a specialised unit for further investigation on February 17.
The complainant had accused his girlfriend, Ogochukwu, of orchestrating the robbery in collaboration with her brother, Ogbuka Tochukwu, and other yet-to-be-identified suspects.
Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command immediately the suspect, tracked and apprehended her 22-year-old brother, Tochukwu. Both suspects admitted to committing the crime.
Police operatives have since recovered the stolen iPhones and a sum of N6.5m from the suspects.
“The complainant alleged that his girlfriend, one Emmanuella Ogochukwu “f” 25 years old, conspired with her brother and his friends to rob him of three iPhones and bitcoins worth about 15 million Naira.
“Upon the receipt of the casefile and following the confessional statement of Emmanuella Ogochukwu “f,” one Ogbuka Tochukwu “m,” 22 years old, a younger brother to Emmanuella Ogochukwu “f,” was trailed and arrested by the operatives of the Command. Both of them confessed to the crime,” the report shared by the spokesperson of the Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, read.
The recovered items have been registered as evidence, while efforts are ongoing to apprehend the remaining members of the gang.
“All the complainant’s robbed phones and the sum of N6.5m were recovered and have been registered with the exhibit keeper.
“Investigation is still ongoing to arrest the other wanted members of the gang. Further development will be communicated to you,” the report added.