By JOHNSON EYIANGHO
The police have arrested six members of a notorious bank robbery gang after they had concluded plans to execute a bloody bank robbery attack on a new generation bank within the Ibadan metropolis in Oyo State.
The Police also arrested another five members of a fraud syndicate specialized in hacking into bank accounts of individuals and corporate bodies to steal monies.
CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the force spokesman, said in a statement on Sunday n Abuja, that the arrests were made by the Police Command in Oyo State and the the Force Intelligence Bureau Intelligence Response Squad (FIB-IRT).
Adejobi explained that the five suspects were nabbed while attempting to hack into a company’s account and steal the sum of N3.4 billion.
He said the IRT Operatives also arrested a notorious arms dealers and two kidnap suspects in Kaduna leading to the release of two kidnapped victims in their custody.
”All suspects in connection with the above mentioned cases will be charged to court upon conclusion of investigations while other suspects arrested across the country are being prosecuted at various courts of competent jurisdictions,” he said.
The force spokesman said the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr. Usman Alkali Baba, has vowed not to relent in fighting crime and insecurity in the country.
Baba assured Nigerians of his commitment to maximizing the operational, intelligence, and investigative capacities of the force to curb the spread of crime and criminality within the country.
He charged the operatives to embrace holistically, effective intelligence gathering, which aids the prevention of crime and criminal activities within the society.
The IGP noted that preventive policing would in addition prevent the occurrence of crime, engender peace and assure the provision of optimal policing services to the citizenry.