A boy of 13-years-old from Owa-Alero in Ika North East Local Government Area, who gave his name as Miracle, on Wednesday June 10, 2020 confessed to be a spy for a criminal gang of armed robbers and kidnappers.
In his confessional statement, Miracle said he is being used by a gang who is into armed robbery and kidnapping. He said that he enters into houses in pretence that he is looking for a paid domestic work or rather begging for money to feed but unknown to his victims that he is a and has come to survey the building of their targets.
The suspect further disclosed that he is being paid in every of their successful robbery. According to him, “Sometime I could be standing in front of a house especially at night shedding uncontrollable tears for the owners of the building to open their gate in order for us to gain access into the house for robbery or kidnapping.
He confessed of a pastor named withheld that upon her good deeds towards him that he and his gang had failed in all his tricks to kidnap her.
Miracle’s evil deed was exposed in a house in Boji-Boji Owa where he sneakily entered with the intension to steal.
Meanwhile the suspect has been handed over to the Divisional Police Headquarters Owa-Oyibu.
It was further gathered that members of his gang on sighting the policemen when they stormed their hideout near Okwudaye Primary School along Baptist Mission in Boji-Boji Owa took to their heels.
The mother of Miracle whose son before now claimed to be suffering from paralysis has come for his release and was hale and hearty. It was also gathered that the DPO Owa-Oyibu Divisional Headquarters, SP Monday Osayi has ordered that she should be detained and charged to court for child’s negligence.
