Connect with us

Metro

Herbalist who robs wearing army uniform, accomplice nabbed by police

Published

on

Butcher beats wife to death for ‘disrespecting him’

The long arm of the law has caught up with a native doctor identified as Abdulahi Mudi who specialises in snatching cars, and his accomplice after they were both nabbed by men of the Nigerian Police Force.

Reports say the suspect who is always dressed in the Nigerian Army camouflage and his accomplice identified as Christopher Illia, were both arrested at different locations in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

Luck reportedly ran out for the gang when Illia accosted a man along the road in the Garki area of Abuja and dispossessed him of N450,000 and two mobile phones.

According to reports Illia left the scene with the victim’s car keys as he could not drive but he took it to Mubi’s house, where it was later recovered by the police.

A manhunt to arrest the suspects was launched by operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team after the victim reported the incident.

Read also: Police arrests 58-yr-old father for defiling his 14-yr-old daughter

According to Mudi, the native doctor, he was introduced to robbery by a friend who assured him that he would make lots of money by dispossessing people of their valuables.

“I am a native doctor and I treat people of stroke, broken bones and other illnesses. I was living in Lokoja, Kogi State until 2012 when one of my friends in Lagos State introduced me to carjacking. He said the ‘business’ would fetch me more money than treating people.

“He taught me how to drive and we started removing people’s cars at parks. My friend had a master key which we used to steal cars at nightclubs. I was arrested during one of our operations and charged to court. I spent four years in prison before I was released on bail. I relocated to Abuja in 2016 and started treating people again.”

Mudi however said he went back into robbery after he met with Illia who also shares thesame passion as he suggested they go carjacking.

“Illia then suggested that we should get military uniform. We wore the uniform to bus stops at night. We flagged down any neat cab and after we entered, we would point toy guns at the driver and force him to stop the vehicle. We would collect his money and drive off. We normally received between N120,000 and N150,000 for each vehicle we sold,” he added.

The suspects were arrested after the police tracked Illia down with one of the phones he allegedly collected from the victim he robbed in Abuja and he.subsequently led detectives to arrest his partner in crime, Mudi.

Join the conversation

Opinions

Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism

Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.

As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.

If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.

Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.

Donate Now