The Nigeria Police on Monday paraded suspects arrested in connection with the attack on the farm house of the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, and killed a police guard there.
The suspects, who were paraded by the Deputy Force Public Relations Officer, SP Aremu Adeniran, were Inalegwu Omikpa, 36, identified as the gang leader; Francis Ochife, 38; a dismissed Lance Corporal of the Nigerian Air Force, Vincent Michael; and two other gang members who are NAF personnel currently facing disciplinary action with the Service.
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Exhibits recovered from them were two AK47 rifles (recovered police rifles), two mobile phones, two magazines and 60 rounds of AK47 ammunitions.
The armed men attacked the farm house on December 12, 2017 in Barkin Uza Karshi area of Abuja, killing a Police Sergeant, Haruna Sarki, on guard duty and carted away two AK47 Rifles belonging to the Police personnel on duty.
Speaking during their parade, Michael told newsmen: “In November 2017, a friend of mine told me that his friend, Omikpa, told him that there was money at Magu’s house and that we should go and take it.
“At first, I did not buy the idea but he called me again and told me that we were not going to rob.
“He said all we needed to do was to go and dig the soakaway and get the money out.
“So, December 12, we went to the place and when we got there with two other soldiers, who were contacted by Omikpa, the Captain grabbed the policeman who was on duty, I held his neck and Omikpa tied his hand and leg.
“After he was tied, I picked up the digger and made my way to the soakaway.
“I noticed a ray of torchlight and then I went back and noticed that a boy who kills animals at the farm was also there.
“They tied him also and the Captain came to join me where I was breaking the soakaway.
“I broke two soakaways but I did not see any money.
“I received a phone call later that people had started noticing that we were on the farm, so we left.”
On who was killed the policeman on duty, Michael said Omikpa did.
He said: “Omikpa killed the policeman because we left him with the policeman and he later came to join us where we were breaking the soakaway.”
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