Edo State Police Command says the command has arrested an ex-convict on Sunday December 22nd 2024 at about 1145 hours, following a distress call that armed robbers were operating at Restoration Gospel Ministry, situated at no. 11 Oviasuyi street off Ogiemwenke in Benin-City.
Spokesperson for the Command,SP Moses Yamu in a statement on Wednesday,December 25, 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.
SP Yamu stated that 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” SP Yamu said.
Meanwhile, Commissioner of Police,Edo State,CP Umoru P. Ozigi has wished the Christian faithfuls Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New year as surveillance patrols, stop and search to ensure public safety continues.