A former Police officer turned armed robber, one Monday Igbali, has been arrested.
Igbali was dismissed from service for taking part in kidnapping in 2021.
This, is according to the Rivers Police Commissioner, Tunji Disu, at the State Police Command on Wednesday when the suspect was being paraded alongside 25 others.
On dismissal, Disu said, Igbali transformed into a fake police parading himself as Inspector, and robbing motorists at gunpoint alongside his gang.
Their albatross reportedly came when they disposed one Fibika Kingsley of his Lexus EX330.
In the Commissioner’s own words, “The command commenced an investigation in response to a report filed on the 11th of August 2023, by one Fibika Kingsley that his Lexus EX330 had been stolen at gunpoint along Agip road by five gunmen.
“The investigations led to the arrest of one Monday Igbali, aged 43, a native of Okwuzi in the Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni LGA of Rivers State.
“He is a former Police Sergeant who was dismissed after being indicted in a kidnapping case in 2021.
“Since his dismissal, he has continued to parade himself as a police officer, even claiming to be an Inspector of Police, a rank he did not attain before his dismissal.
“He works with a gang of five, with four gang members still at large.
“He has robbed a total of nine cars and sold them between N1.3m and N2.5m each. He was arrested on the 8th of March 2024, at his home in Chokocho, Etche after the police conducted due surveillance following investigations. We have recovered three cars from him: a Lexus 330, Lexus IS250, and Toyota Highlander.”
