The Police Command in Delta has apprehended three robbery suspects who allegedly specialised in dispossessing people of their valuables in Warri South.
The acting spokesman of the Command, DSP Edafe Bright, said this on Tuesday in Warri when briefing journalists on the command’s activities.
Bright said that the alleged suspects: Godbless Joseph, Ovoke Akpovikanyen and Ismaila Mohammed were arrested on July 4, by the Quick Response Team of the “A division” Warri, while on patrol duty in Warri.
“On July 04, 2021, at about 1830hrs, Operatives of the ‘A’ Division Quick Response Team, were on patrol duty on NPA Link Road.
“They received information that three young men on a tricycle were robbing innocent citizens of their valuables. The team immediately gave the hoodlums a hot chase.
“On sighting the patrol team, Joseph jumped out of the moving tricycle. He was later arrested while the other two fled with the tricycle.
“The suspect was searched and a knife and two Infinix cell phones were recovered from him.
“The other suspects, Akpovikanyen and Mohammed were later apprehended by the patrol team of the Warri Area Command,” he said.
Bright said that the owners of the phones have identified Joseph as the person who robbed them of their phones, adding that investigation was ongoing.