A 26-year-old girl, Ujunwa Ikwuka who is cur­rently in police net in Anambra State said that she received N4, 000 for giving information to armed robbers that snatched an SUV in Ihiala, Anambra State.
Ujunwa who hails from Umu­namehi in Ihiala, Anambra State was among the five car snatch syndicates arrested by the state command for snatching a Toyota Rav-4 SUV car belonging to one Amah Chinyere Theodera at gun point.
According to her, “I’m the one who showed my gang the vehicle. I know the woman that owns the Jeep. She lives by my house and when they asked me the owner of the Jeep, I showed them. I was serving at a bar joint in Ihiala but due to my father’s ill health, I stopped the job to take care of him but he later died , after, I joined the gang. I did not say I am not involved, I got N4, 000 for giving them information.”
The Anambra State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ali Okechuk­wu, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) who paraded the car snatching gang, alongside other 10 suspects at the Special Anti-Rob­bery Squad (SARS) headquarters at Awkuzu said the car was later recovered from the suspects.
“That on November 1, 2015 about 043 hours, one Ebuka Okeke a.k.a Onodiugo of Ihiala ‘19’, Chijoke Okwuose of Ubahan Udala Okija ‘23’, Onyedikachi Kennedy of Enu­gu State ‘25’ and Ujunwa Ikwuka of Umunamehi Ihiala ‘26’ were arrested. Suspects robbed one Amah Chinyere Theodera of Umunamehi Ihiala of her Toyota Rav-4 Jeep with Reg. No KJA 852 BC at gun point, one locally made double pistol, three lives cartridges, the said Rav-4 Jeep were recovered from the suspects. The suspects confessed to the crime and are now assisting SARS mine on their investigation.”