THE Force Intelligence Department–Intelligence Response Team (FID-IRT) of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has arrested one John Cosmos Govi, over his involvement in a case of criminal conspiracy, housebreaking, administering suspected harmful substances, malicious damage to property and theft involving the robbery of luxury items and valuables from a residence in Abuja.
A statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, Anthony Okon Placid (DCP) said preliminary investigations revealled that Govi, a graduand of a catering school in Cotonou, Benin Republic, secured employment as a chef within the residence after establishing contact with two accomplices, identified as Peter and Moses, both currently at large.
It said that findings showed that the suspect carefully studied the routine, movements and security structure of the residence before executing the operation on April 23, this year.
The statement disclosed that further investigations established that food prepared within the residence was laced with a suspected sedative substance intended to incapacitate the occupants and security personnel.
According to the statement: “After the substance took effect, the suspect facilitated the entry of his accomplices into the residence, where the gang vandalised the CCTV monitoring system, ransacked the apartment and carted away cash, alongside 20 luxury wristwatches, valued at approximately N150million (One Hundred and Fifty Million Naira.”
It added that operatives of the FID-IRT subsequently intercepted the suspects while attempting to flee through the Gwagwalada axis en route Lagos, noting: “During the operation, an iPhone 17 Pro Max belonging to the victim was recovered, alongside a suspected chemical substance, which has since been forwarded for forensic analysis.”
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