By Ugochukwu Alaribe

Aba—The police in Abia State have arrested three suspected members of a robbery gang who allegedly dispossessed victims of their valuables.

The suspects, who are motorcycle riders, include Promise Sunday, Uche Nwachukwu and Ugochukwu Okoro.

They were arrested by Ubakala Police Division after they allegedly robbed two female victims of their valuables.

The gang was alleged to have snatched from their victim a hand bag containing clothing valued at N27,500, shoes valued at N7,500, necklace/earring valued at N1,700, cream/perfume valued N2,000, one Samsung Galaxy X4, two Tecno Phone valued N40,000, two Nokia handset valued N9,000; totaling N79,700.

The victims whose names were given as Jennifer Ekpeme and Tochi Ngwaba were said to have engaged the services of Promise Sunday and Uche Nwachukwu not knowing that the duo had evil intentions against them.

Abia State Commissioner of Police, Habila Joshak, who spoke through the command’s Public Relations Officer, Ezekiel Onyeke, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, said the suspects were followed by another motorcycle rider, Ugochukwu Okoro, as he allegedly joined his friends to rob the victims after brandishing machete and threatened to cut them to pieces if they refused to cooperate.

Luck, however, ran out on the gang when detectives from Ubakala Police Division arrested the suspects and recovered three of the four phones, necklace/earring, two machetes, three motorcycles, one Army face cap, one LG TV, one Sunny/LG DVD, one Kenwood player, two speakers and one standing fan from the gang.

He hinted that investigation into the matter were still ongoing.