Following the closure of Ebonyi State borders,
armed robbers on Tuesday ambushed passengers, robbing them of their luggage and
money.
The victims were passengers who
took to the bush path to avoid
being caught at the checkpoint manned by security agents with the
Deputy Governor, Dr. Kelechi Igwe.
The robbers barricaded the bush where the
passengers were robbed of their money and other valuables.
It was gathered that the suspects commanded their
victims who have ATM cards to transfer
money to a specified bank account through POS.
One of
the robbers who was already in
the custody of soldiers,
Ifeanyi Eze, narrated that they
were only collecting
money from the
passengers because they destroyed their crops in the farms.
He said he dealing
on plantain chips in Lagos before
he returned home over the COVID-19.
The Nkalagu Ebonyi-born man had with him a knife,
which he said he was traveling to Enugu state with.
Another suspect, who was arrested, gave his name as
Ifeanyi Ochu, saying he was conveying passengers through the bush with his
motorcycle.
Ochu, who wore
a black vest with the inscription
‘SECURITY’, explained that he was
only helping those who were stranded to get into
Ebonyi State.
Meanwhile, the DPO of Ishielu Police Division in Ebonyi State has been
arrested and removed from office following the order of the state Governor, David Umahi.
The DPO was accused of complicity
in mass passage of migrants into
the state.
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