A 26-year-old student of Imo State Polytechnic, Umuagwo, Johnbosco Ashiegbu, and 34-year-old Chinonso Ewurum, have been arrested by men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad in the state for allegedly stealing two vehicles.
According to the police, the vehicles stolen by Ashiegbu and Ewurum included a N 19m Hilux van belonging to the Oguta Local Government Area of the State.
The police said the suspects sold the vehicle to one Nnamdi Ejinkeonye in Onitsha for N 300,000.
The other vehicle, a Toyota Camry, the police said, was stolen by the suspects in the Imo Housing Estate axis of Owerri, where it was parked by its owner.
The Toyota Camry, valued at N3.9m, was said to have also been sold to Ejinkeonye for N 350,000.
Ashiegbu hails from the Ikeduru Local Government Area of Imo State.
The undergraduate told Punch that he took to the crime so as to raise money to “sort out my results in school.”
He added, “My desire to sort out my results in school led me into crime. After arranging my results in school, I used the remaining money to live a good life and to take care of my girlfriend.”
He said while he sold the Hilux for N30,000 owned by the government, he got N 285, 000 from the sale of the Toyota Camry.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Chris Ezike, while confirming the incident, said that the introduction of the whistle-blowing policy of his command and Owerri City Policing initiative “were part of the measures to curb crimes in the state.”
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