Males of the Rivers State Police Command have arrested a suspect, Joel Okodi, who’s on the run after being declared wished by the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee years in the past.
Okodi, popularly often known as 'Chief', was a resident of No.21, Abak Highway Ikot-Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State.
It was gathered that he allegedly fraudulently collected the sum of N50 million from one Chief Okosisi and was arrested by the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee after the matter was reported.
Whereas the fraud case was being investigated, he satisfied one other sufferer, Mr. Ochulor Okeokwu, to face as a surety within the case.
To safe the discharge of the suspect, Mr. Okeokwu unsuspectingly tendered his home paperwork value N50 million as collateral to the Port Harcourt Zonal Workplace of the EFCC.
The suspect, nevertheless, refused to seem for investigation on the EFCC workplace and was nowhere to be seen whilst he evaded a number of cellphone calls.
The Rivers State Police Public Relations Officer, Grace Iringe-Koko, who confirmed the arrest to journalists in an announcement in Port Harcourt on Sunday, mentioned on few events the suspect was reached on phone, he threatened Mr Okeokwu with violence towards him no extra calling. .
Iringe-Koko mentioned Mr Okeokwu then despatched a petition to the Inspector Basic of Police who accepted it and forwarded it to the Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Olatunji Disu who instantly tasked males of Operation Sting to make sure that the suspect was arrested.
The assertion learn: “The operatives of the Rivers State Police Command then proceeded to conduct thorough investigation and cautious discovery to ascertain the placement of the suspect, someplace in Ajegunle Apapa, Lagos, the place he had been in hiding all these years .
“The officers then submitted related police paperwork, mobilized and proceeded to Lagos to hold out the arrest on 18/1/2024 at about 8:34 pm at Ajegunle in Lagos.”
Whereas noting that the coordinated efforts that led to the arrest is a proof that there isn’t any hiding place for criminals, Iringe-Koko, Superintendent of Police, mentioned: “The matter is at present being dealt with by the EFCC.”
In accordance with her, the state Commissioner of Police, Olatunji Disu, has urged the general public to contemplate the folks they intend to bail for, including that the command below his watch will make the state too scorching for prison parts.
