Five policemen were sentenced to 25 years in prison yesterday for armed robbery, the policemen whose names are; Bestman Denner, Musa Mohammed, Peter Enidiok, Godwin Williams and Emmanuel Ajogbor were arrested in 2005 for robbing some businessmen of their lorry loaded with clothing materials.
The judge, found the policemen guilty, having established their involvement in the offences. He said their involvement in the robbery incident as security officers make their case worrisome.
According to him, he said, “I hold that there is sufficient evidence to conspiracy as to commit robbery as charged. I hereby convict each of them accordingly.
“However, the defendants are policemen trained to protect the public and not otherwise. This in itself is an aggravating factor.
“The defendants took advantage of their being members of the Nigeria Police Force to rob citizens. This is unfortunate.
“Using the police uniform to rob is a bad signal to the public because it will erode people’s confidence on the police.
“The image of the police should not be dented to the extent that members of the public will begin to see police checkpoints as an armed robbers,”
Even me sef dey worry as these men robbed their victims in police uniform.
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