Rivers State Police Command has arrested two suspects that allegedly specialise in stealing motorcycles and robbing bank customers .
The suspects: Obiko Ikenna, 30, and Eneji Isichukwu, 24, were arrested at the Olu Obasanjo area of Port Harcourt while riding a motorcycle.
Both suspects, who hail from Oguta in Imo State, confessed to the crimes, saying they robbed victims of their money and property inside parked cars, using special keys.
Ikenna is married with two children. Isichukwu has a wife and three children.
They admitted to stealing parked motorcycles by using ignition wires to start them, and robbing unsuspecting bank customers after the latter had made withdrawals at banks and at Automated Teller Machines (ATM) .
Ikenna said he was lured into crime by one of his community leaders (now deceased), while Isichukwu said his late uncle tutored him in the act of robbery.
A statement from the command yesterday, noted that the two suspects were recently involved in a robbery case involving a vehicle, where they took N100,000 from the driver.
Police investigations confirmed that the two suspects had, within the year, stolen three motorcycles; one of which is now at the Borokiri Police Station in Port Harcourt.
Two of the motorcycles were stolen from where their owners had parked them along Choba Road and Eliozu, respectively.
According to the police, the suspects both relocated to Port Harcourt last year, following the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) crisis in Imo State and other parts of the South East.
Meanwhile, Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Olatunji Disu, has directed that the suspects be charged immediately in an appropriate court of law.
He urged members of the public to remain law-abiding and support the police in the fight to rid Rivers State of crimes and criminality.
