A police officer’s son and another suspect who allegedly robbed a member of the Under 23 national soccer team, Harmony Ekandem, have been arrested by the police in Lagos.
Ekandem was robbed of $10,500 in his hotel room in FASTAC after he returned from Tanzania where he represent ed the country.
The incident occurred at Devine Kitchen Lodge, 71 Road, by 23 Road at FESTAC Town, in Amowo-Odofin.
It was gathered that Ekandem had left the hotel for training with an instruction that nobody should enter his room.
However, when he left, the suspects, Frank Oriabure and Promise Okosodo, a receptionist and a waiter in the hotel broke into Ekandem’s room and stole the money.
The suspects allegedly abandoned their duty post and escaped to their home State Edo with the money.
According to a police source, the matter was reported at the FESTAC Police station, which launched a manhunt for the suspects.
It was learnt that the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Mr Usman Ndababo deployed some of his officers to Edo State in search of the suspects.
They were arrested at the weekend in their village at Ubiaja Local Government Area in Edo State and are being detained at FESTAC Police Station.
During interrogation, it was discovered that one of the suspects, Oriabure is the son of a Deputy Superintendent of Police serving in Anambra State.
Of the N150, 000 he got from the money, N7,000 was recovered from Promise; N110,000 was recovered from Oriabure who got N270,000.
Culled from : The Nation Newspaper
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