Deputy Superintendent Of Prisons Apprehended For Armed Robbery

They Were Apprehended For Other Crimes Like Conspiracy

Mr Collins Ugwu, a Deputy Superintendent of Prisons in the Nigeria Prisons Service, has been apprehended by the police command in Enugu for been allegedly involved in a robbery.

Ugwu, who is resident in the capital city, Abuja and works at the headquarters of the Nigeria Prison Service, was arrested in Enugu on June 26.

He was arrested alongside some suspected accomplices, Ifeanyi Ozor, is from Enugu State and resides in Abuja; and Smart Osetu from Oguta in Imo State.

Mr. Mohammed Danmallam, the Commissioner of Police, Enugu State, revealed that apart from the robbery, the prisons officer and his accomplice were also involved in conspiracy, malicious damage, stealing and obtaining by tricks.

Report has it that the intelligence information gathered on their activities by the police, lead to Ugwu and his accomplice apprehended.

In his report it was revealed that the gang stayed around the premises of commercial banks to keep an eye on victims who had come to withdraw from the banks.

Danmallam said, “The suspects (Ugwu, Ozor and Osetu) belong to a syndicate that specialises in monitoring anyone that has gone to bank to make withdrawals and trail them to a point where they can smartly force the door or the windscreen (of the victims’ car) open with their instrument and steal the said amount.

“They are also part of a syndicate that buys goods from traders and generate fake payment alert to the owner of the goods without him knowing.

“They were nabbed along Ogui Road, Enugu by the operatives of the Enugu State Police Command on June 26, 2018, following intelligence information gathered concerning their nefarious activities.”

Items recovered from the suspects, according to Danmallam, include a Golf car with registration number Abuja RBC 220 KF, and a broken plug which they allegedly use in “scratching down” the window of the car to steal from their victims.

The police commissioner further explained that Ugwu and the other suspects were helping the police in their investigations and would soon be charged to court.