In their tireless effort to compliment the effort of the police to secure lives and property in Agbor and environs, members of Agbor Gha Ihun, on Saturday night, June 17,2019,apprehended a notorious handset thief and bag snatcher,Chijioke Kanu,at the Ime-Obi area in Agbor.
Chijioke who claimed that his father is from the East while the mother, a native of Owa-Alero, said he is a member of a three man gang specialized in the snatching of handbags and handsets.
He listed members of his gang to be;Tony Collins Idegbekwu,a bricklayer and Emma, an Okada rider.He stated that he is the third child in a family of five children and was influenced to go into crime by Emma.
When quizzed further,Chijioke confessed that he is a cultist and was initiated at the of 17years, adding,"Collins, Emma and i,were on our way to buy weed around Oza House area in Agbor-Obi around 8pm on Saturday night when we saw a young girl with a handbag, we attacked her and made away with her handbag.
I am a Jambite, i want to read Political Science in University of Benin-City. If i am pardoned i will not go into crime again."
Nemesis caught up with Chijioke after he was chased alongside his gang members when they tried to escape after the operation with their motorcycle. A member of Agbor Gha Ihun who coincidentally was at the spot of the incident, heard the shout of the victim and gave the bag snatchers a chase with his car.
Fortunately,his effort paid off as he was able to hit down the motorcycle with his car, alighted and grabbed Chijioke while others abandoned their motorcycle and ran away.
Speaking to newsmen, the deputy leader, Agbor Gha Ihun,Monday Kiyem, also known as, Maduma, decried the rate of crime in Agbor, appealing to parents to do more by taking proper care of their children particularly, those children between 16-20years by advising them to stay out of crime.
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