A 32 years old mother of two,
identified as Blessing Felix has recounted her ordeal after being arrested by
the Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan Lagos State.
Blessing was paraded with
eight other robbery suspects that specialized in selling stolen communication
equipment.
The woman explained that she
was arrested alongside other criminals because her husband brought to their
matrimonial home rolls of armored cables worth over N80 million.
According to her, the
Policemen had stormed their residence demanding to see her husband, Felix Oyema
and during a search in the compound, they saw the drums of cable.
The woman added that all efforts to get to her husband have proved abortive since her detention.
She said: “I was at home
last Tuesday when some men came to our house at Shibiri, in Ojo, demanding to
see my husband, Felix Onyema.
“I requested to know who they
were because my husband was away. They just said they were his business
partners. It was later that I got to know that they were policemen.
“During a search of the
compound, they saw the drums of cable. They demanded to know the owner. I told
them it belonged to my husband. When they could not get through to my husband,
they said I will have to follow them to the station.
“Since then, all efforts made
to get my husband to come have proved abortive. The police said they are
detaining me because he kept the stolen cable in my custody.”
Speaking with newsmen on
Friday on the arrest, the Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), in
charge of Zone 2 Command, which includes Lagos and Ogun States, Bode Adeleke,
said the goods stolen were worth about N80 million.
The Zonal Public Relations
Officer, SP Hauwa Idris-Adamu, who represented the AIG, said that all of the
suspects were traders.
According to the PPRO, the
zone’s monitoring unit, under the direction of CSP Uba Adams, detained nine
individuals in connection with the theft of optic fibre cables estimated to be
worth N80 million on June 20.
