Three nabbed over theft of N3bn properties seized from Tompolo

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By Yinka Ajayi

The police from the “A” Division in Warri  have nabbed a naval rating, Lance Corporal Usman Shaibu, and two others for allegedly stealing transformers from ex-freedom Fighter, High Chief Oweizide Government Ekpemupolo, a.k.a. Tompolo’s jetty, near the Chevron Clinic in Edjeba, in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State.

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The rating, alongside  a driver of a Mercedez Benz self-loader, Okugbe Lucky, and his conductor, Chime Chukwuka, were arrested at about 7pm last Sunday.

It was learnt that two other naval ratings, Staff Sergeant P O Ekon and Sergeant L S Elijah, who were allegedly involved in the criminal act, escaped and are on the run.

Shaibu, with two of his colleagues on guard duty at the jetty, was held by the police based on the allegation that they were stealing items from the yard to sell to unknown buyers.

The rating, with the…



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