Police arrests 29-year-old man for armed robbery and killing

The police say they have arrested a member of the six-man armed robbery gang that stole a vehicle with Diplomatic Registration Number. The suspect, Emmanuel Okoi, 29, was arrested at a pharmacy in the Maitama District area of Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory on Thursday.

A statement by the FCT Command's spokesperson, DSP Josephine Adeh, said the vehicle was recovered within seven hours after the offence was committed.

The suspect was identified as Emmanuel Okoi, 29. The PPRO regretted that the robbers shot and killed one man who had intervened during the attack

Adeh said, "The FCT Police Command on Thursday, October 13, at about 15:30hrs after an all-night pursuit and an aggressive man-hunt of Armed hoodlums, recovered the Maitama gun-point stolen vehicle and arrested one suspect.

Recall that on October 12, 2022, at about 20:00hrs, two residents, a male and a female, drove into a pharmacy in the Maitama District area of the FCT.

While the female proceeded into the pharmacy, the male remained by the car waiting. It was thereafter reported that some armed hoodlums numbering about 6 came in a Mazda vehicle and forced him into Toyota Landcruiser Jeep with Diplomatic Registration Number GD CD 071, and took off with him."[/b][/i]

The Command's spokesperson further stated, "Unfortunately, a passerby who attempted to come to his aid was shot in the head and later confirmed dead at the Maitama District Hospital. Seven hours later, the painstaking effort of the Command yielded results as the stolen vehicle was recovered at Jabi magajipi, off Eco Bank Junction Jabi, while one Emmanuel Okoi, a 29-year-old male resident of Jabi and a suspected member of the criminal syndicate was arrested."