By Endy NDULAKA, South-East Investigator Bureau-chief
THE Special Anti-Robbery Squad SARS attached to the Imo State Police Command Headquarters Owerri have arrested four most wanted dare devil armed robbery suspects including a female Church Usher. The female suspect identified as Happiness Maurice alias Mama Leader sources said was the head of an unnamed of Church Ushers. The 34 year old Christian turned criminal reports say, had confessed to be amourer to the robbers as well as giving vital information of prominent and wealthy members of the church to her gang members. CrimeWorld scooped that the manhunt for the dare devil armed gang started after residents of a community in Owerri, the Imo State capital raised the alarm on incessant robbery attacks; especially rich members of the Church. It was further learnt that based on this, the anti-robbery team acting on a tip off rounded up the suspects in their hideout somewhere on the outskirts of the state capital; stressing that it was their confession that led to the arrest of the female Church Usher.
It was not possible to get the reaction of the Police Command Public Relations Officer as of the time of this report but a senior Police source at the Command Headquarters Owerri informed that the female Church Usher had since confessed to the crime maintaining that apart from volunteering information of wealthy and prominent members of her church to the gang, she had been keeping their arms and ammunition for the past 2 years. The source added that the female Church Usher also confessed that she gets handsome monetary reward after every successful robbery operation; stressing however, that she regretted her involvement in armed robbery.
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