Barrister Promise (other names withheld), led a deadly gang that specialized in snatching at gun-point exotic cars, especially Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) of different brands.
A police source said that the lawyer recruited members of his gang who usually carried out operations while he remained at the background as the sole receiver of the vehicles.
“He is a lawyer and also a car dealer, who deals only in
stolen vehicles. He doesn’t go for operations but he was the sole receiver of
the stolen vehicles. He recruited them and bought the vehicles cheaply from the
gang,” the police source said.
Most of stolen vehicles were sold in Onitsha, Anambra State.
When the crack team of FCT Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) stormed Promise’s
residence in Gwagalada, he had fled but was later apprehended in Lugbe, Abuja.
The Deputy Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Alkali Usman said
when they received complaints and petitions from the victims he quickly ordered
the officer in charge of SARS, Commander, Supol Benneth Igweh (CSP) and his
team to take action. He said this was after Barrister Promise’s gang snatched
an SUV in Port-Harcourt, robbed the victim and took the stolen vehicle to Abuja
and parked it at Promise’s house.
DCP Usman stated that Barrister Promise’s gang also robbed a
woman in Port-Harcourt as she was taking her daughter to school and snatched
the car and parked it at their gang-leader’s compound.
The Commissioner of Police, Adenrele Shinaba, said the
victim was lucky because he has a track which was used by SARS operatives to
track the SUV and after conversation with the suspect, he ran away from his
house in Gwagalada. The policemen from SARS went and locked up his house. He
said he was later arrested in Lugbe, Abuja.
CP Shinaba added that when Promise was picked up, “we
arrested a lady simply called Amarachi, girlfriend of one of the members of the
gang. Amarachi always took the stolen cars to Onitsha in search of buyers. When
she discovered that policemen were looking for her, she quickly relocated. She
was arrested through phone call,” he said.
According to him, Promise’s arrest led to the apprehension
of other suspects: Chimazie, Micheal and John who are now at SARS for further
interrogation.
Promise confirmed that he’s a qualified lawyer and car
dealer. “I am a lawyer I attended Abia State University. I graduated in 1999
and I went to Law School in 2000 and when I came back, I started practising in
Abuja.”
CP Shinaba added that Promise and his gang took the
detectives to several states including Nasarawa, Edo, Ogun and Kaduna to
recover all the cars such as Inifinity Jeep, Toyota Hilux, Honda Pilot Jeep,
Honda CRV Jeep, Toyota Camry.
Some of the victims have started going to the command to
identify their cars.
Source: OluFamous
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