The suspect was arrested at a pharmacy in the Maitama District area of Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory on Thursday.
The police say they have arrested a member of the six-man armed robbery gang that stole a vehicle with Diplomatic Registration Number.
The suspect was arrested at a pharmacy in the Maitama District area of Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory on Thursday.
A statement by the FCT Command's spokesperson, DSP Josephine Adeh, said the vehicle was recovered within seven hours after the offence was committed.
The suspect was identified as Emmanuel Okoi, 29.
The PPRO regretted that the robbers shot and killed one man who had intervened during the attack.
Adeh said, "The FCT Police Command today, 13th of October 2022 (yesterday), at about 15:30hrs after an all-night pursuit and an aggressive man-hunt of Armed hoodlums, recovered the Maitama gun-point stolen vehicle and arrested one suspect.
"Recall that on October 12, 2022, at about 20:00hrs, two residents, a male and a female, drove into a pharmacy in the Maitama District area of the FCT.
"While the female proceeded into the pharmacy, the male remained by the car waiting.
"It was thereafter reported that some armed hoodlums numbering about 6 came in a Mazda vehicle and forced him into Toyota Landcruiser Jeep with Diplomatic Registration Number GD CD 071, and took off with him."
The Command's spokesperson further stated, "Unfortunately, a passerby who attempted to come to his aid was shot in the head and later confirmed dead at the Maitama District Hospital.
"Consequent upon the above, the Commissioner of Police FCT Command CP Babaji Sunday psc deployed several Tactical and Intelligence apparatuses at the Command’s disposal on an aggressive manhunt for the miscreants and the recovery of the stolen vehicle.
"Seven hours later, the painstaking effort of the Command yielded results as the vehicle was recovered at Jabi magajipi, off Eco Bank Junction Jabi, while one Emmanuel Okoi, a 29-year-old male resident of Jabi and a suspected member of the criminal syndicate was arrested."
She said that the FCT Commissioner of Police has debriefed the officers and charged them to step up efforts to track down the other members of the criminal gang and bring their criminal enterprise to an end.
PPRO quoted the commissioner to have reassured residents of FCT and its environs of the Command's unalloyed stance to continue to upgrade the security architecture of the territory to proactively/actively surmount crime.
She, therefore, enjoined members of the public to go about their lawful business without fear of harassment or molestation of any kind and from any quarters but to be vigilant.
She, however, urged the public to quickly call some listed phone numbers to report any crime or disturbance.
The emergency lines are as follows: 08032003913, 08061581938, 07057337653, and 08028940883. The Public Complaint Bureau (PCB) desk could be reached on: 0902 222 2352.