Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have nabbed an ex-convict, John Agbontean for attempting to rob a church of its annual harvest thanksgiving proceeds.
A statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Moses Joel Yamu said the suspect was arrested in connection with a robbery incident at the Restoration Gospel Ministry, situated at no. 11 Oviasuyi Street off Ogiemwenke in Benin City.
The police image maker said Agbontean’s arrest came two days after he had served a jail term for another crime.
The suspect was arrested with a cut-to-size gun while attempting to rob the church.
“Upon interrogation, the suspect confessed to being an ex-convict who gained his freedom from Oko Prison, Benin-City on 19/12/2024.
“He stated that he and his accomplice, one Ola whose surname is unknown now at large, conspired to rob the aforementioned church of the proceeds from the Church’s end-of-year harvest thanksgiving where he was arrested in the process while his accomplice narrowly escaped arrest”, the statement said.
