The Intelligence Response Team (IRT) has confirmed the arrest of two
Ghanaians for allegedly robbing a truck driver of his vehicle and goods
with acid.
The Force spokesman, DCP Jimoh Moshood
confirmed the arrest to newsmen in Lagos, stressing that the suspects
carried out the crime in Edo on December 9, while they were arrested in
Enugu State.
Moshood said that the suspects allegedly
poured raw acid on Taiwo Adesanya after robbing him at the Olukwu area
of Benin City of his truck with goods. He said that the suspects, Eric
Aidan and Matthew Kwasha, are notorious criminals who specialise in
killing their victims with raw acid after dispossessing them of their
belongings, especially vehicles.
The image maker of the
force, who said that the suspects were currently being detained at IRT
Cell in Ikeja , Lagos, noted that their mode of operation was to seek
employment as driver and conductor in haulage companies. He said while
in such company, they study the company and perfect ways to divert their
employers goods and sell the vehicle.
Moshood said
after selling the goods, they would relocate to another place where they
would apply for the same position in another company, stressing that
their last operation was the incident of December 9.
He
said that after they attacked the driver who was sleeping from the long
journey with raw acid, thinking that he was dead , they snatched his
truck loaded with 600 bags of sugar and dragged him out of the truck.
The police spokesman said that the owner of the truck petitioned the
I-GP following the attack on the driver and the diversion of the sugar
worth over N10 million the driver was transporting to Benin City.
According
to Moshood, based on the petition, the I-GP directed the Commander IRT,
DCP Abba Kyari to investigate the matter, stressing that upon the
directives, Kyari directed CSP Phillip Rieninwa, IRT commander in Lagos
to go after the suspects .
“The team led by CSP Rieniwa swung
into action and tracked the suspects to a shrine in Nsukka, Enugu State,
from where they were apprehended.
“They have
confessed to the crime and they will soon be charged to the Court. The
victim, who survived the acid attack, was able to recognise the
suspects,” he said.
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