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The command spokesman, SP Moses Yamu disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday.
Yamu said, “On 22/12/2024 at about 1145hrs, following a distress call that armed robbers were operating at Restoration Gospel Ministry, situated at no. 11 Oviasuyi street off Ogiemwenke in Benin-City, operatives of Saint Saviour Divisional Headquarters immediately mobilised to the scene where one John Agbontean 35yrs was arrested with a cut to size gun while attempting to rob in the church.
“Upon interrogation, the suspect confessed being an ex-convict that gained his freedom from Oko Prison, Benin-City on 19/12/2024.
“He stated that he and his accomplice, one Ola whose surname is unknown now at large, conspired to rob the aforementioned church of the proceeds from the Church’s end of year harvest thanksgiving where he was arrested in the process, while his accomplice narrowly escaped arrest.”..CLICK TO READ THE FULL NEWS HERE▶▶
Meanwhile, the state Commissioner of Police, CP Umoru P. Ozigi wished the Christian faithful Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year as surveillance patrols and stop and search to ensure public safety continue.
