Police corporal and pastorarrested for armed robbery,confesses to supplying arms torobbery gangs

A police corporal who was recently arrested for
armed robbery, confessed to having supplied
arms and ammunition to robbery gangs in
various states, including Lagos, Ogun, Rivers,
Delta and Bayelsa states.
Christ Oboko Onitsha Ugbo, was arrested after
he allegedly led his gang on a series of robbery
operations in some states in the Niger Delta
region. He is currently being detained by the
Inspector General of Police’s Special Intelligence
Response Team (IRT)

According to Daily Trust, the 36-year-old, until
his arrest was attached to a special squad code
named C4I of the Rivers State Police Command
and was also the resident pastor of a church at
Choba, Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
Oboko, who has also been linked to several
violent crimes in Bayelsa, Delta, Imo, Lagos and
Edo state was said to have been deployed to
C41 from the Special Anti-Robbery Squad
(SARS), Rivers State Command, having
distinguished himself as a sniper and crack
detective.
Prior to his arrest, the office of the immediate
past IGP, Solomon Arase received series of
complaints about the notorious activities of the
gang and subsequently directed the leader of the
Special Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari,
to investigate the matter. Oboko was arrested
following the arrest and confessions of one of
his gang member identified as one Johnpaul
Amandi.
"Aside from supplying members of my gang with
police rifles and bullets, I also help keep their
guns in my house without the knowledge of my
wife and children."Oboko confessed.
"I joined the Nigeria Police Force in April 2003. I
served at Borokiri Police Division, from there I
went to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad SARS
before joining C4I. I started car snatching in
2015 when I met Amandi, he was our informant.
He lured me into robbery. I was only supplying
them with arms. It all started when Amandi
brought two vehicles. He gave them to one
Victor Nwogu to sell. I met them doing the
negotiation and from there, I offered to join
them.
"I robbed the driver of a Toyota Camry at D-line
area of Port Harcourt and we took the car to
Victor in Owerri, I sold the car to victor for
N200,000. We were three and I took N70,000
and I gave Amandi and Kelvin the balance to
share. On the second operation, the three of us
went for the job at D-line and we stole three
Camry cars from the park. We sold the vehicles
to the same Victor in Owerri and he paid us
N360,000. I got N150,000 as my share.
"We also snatched a Toyota Corolla, from
Elelanwan area at gunpoint from its owner and I
took the car to Victor and he paid N250,000. I
took N80,000 as my share and I gave the rest to
Amandi and Kelvin to share.
"We also snatched a Toyota Spider car at GRA
from the owner at gun point and we parked it
inside Borokiri sand field. But before we arrived
in the morning the car had been removed,"
Lamenting, Oboko said, "I was always going to
release them whenever they were arrested by
the police and I don’t know what came over
me. I am the resident pastor of a church at
Choba, in Port Harcourt. I don’t know what
made me join Amandi in his evil business."
The out going Force Public Relations Officer,
Assistant Commissioner of Police Bisi Kolawole,
who paraded the suspect disclosed that he and
members of his gang were terrorizing Port
Harcourt.
The gang members enjoyed full protection from
Oboko, who bailed and defended them whenever
they were arrested by the police. He provided
fake vehicle documents for stolen vehicles and
altered the vehicle engine and chassis numbers
selling them, Ms Kolawole added.
Source: Daily Trust