Police arrests alleged mastermind of Abuja bank robbery

Police arrests alleged mastermind of Abuja bank robbery

The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has arrested the last suspect and the alleged mastermind of the foiled robbery in the Mpape area of Abuja who has been on the run.

A statement by DSP Anjuguri Manzah, the Police Public Relations Officer in the FCT, said that the arrested suspect, Ernest Ewim, 29, had been at large since the incident on Dec. 28.

The suspect who is identified as Ernest Ewim was picked up from his hide-out in Katampe, a suburb in the nation’s capital.

The arrest of the suspect comes barely one week after the failed robbery attack.

“The suspect was arrested by a team of Police Detectives at his hideout in Katampe, FCT. With this arrest, the total number of suspects arrested in connection with the foiled robbery attempt is now five.”

This is asides the sixth robber who was killed in a shoot-out on the day of the robbery.

He explained that Ewim, who works as a bartender at a pub asked him to organise his friends who were interested in the heist.

An attempt by the suspects to rob the bank on Saturday, December 28 was foiled by a combined team of the Police, the Army and the Department of State Security (DSS) who arrived in the area just when the robbers had made their way in.

They were paraded on Tuesday at the Headquarters of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command.

It said that the arrest of Ewim had brought the number of suspects arrested in connection with the foiled bank robbery to five.
It named the suspects to include Ernest Ewim, 29, Larry Ehizo, 30, Princewill Obinna, 24, Timothy Joe, 21, and Elijah David, 19.
It said that the suspects would be arraigned upon conclusion of investigation by the Police.