By: Felix Ikpotor
The Rivers State Police Command says it has apprehended five suspects allegedly involved in a “One Chance” syndicate.
The police said the suspects were arrested on the 28th of January, 2025, at about 0900 hours, when the Surveillance Patrol Team attached to the Hyper City Unit of the Rivers State Police Command, while on patrol along NLNG Road, Eastern Bypass, Port Harcourt, received a distress call from a victim (name withheld), a female resident of Federal Housing Estate, Trans-Amadi, Port Harcourt who reported that her phone had been stolen by the occupants of a green Volkswagen Vento saloon car with registration number ANAMBRA FGG 40 AA.
The police who disclosed of the arrest in a statement by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, said the team on receiving the alert, swiftly took action, intercepted the vehicle, and arrested the following suspects: Ifeanyi Ugo (male), aged 45 years, Paulina Ibe (female), aged 45 years, Nneka Precious Sunday (female), aged 30 years, Christopher Ibe (male), aged 31 years and Oyinyechi Ibe (female), aged 48 years.
She said preliminary investigation is ongoing while the suspects and the recovered vehicle are currently in police custody.
The statement emphasised the Command’s commitment in tackling the menace of “One Chance” criminals disguising as tricycle and taxi operators to rob unsuspecting passengers in the state.
