A former SARS officer, Michael Adikwu has been identified as one of the armed robbers who caused mayhem in Offa, Kwara state about a month ago.
Police had released CCTV images of the suspects days ago, urging the public to help identify them with a cash reward of N5 million.
Adikwu was subsequently identified and arrested on Monday. He was said to have been dismissed from the force for misconduct in 2012.
A senior police source confirmed to Punch that Odikwu was a Corporal and was dismissed after he helped some robbery suspects escape from custody.
The source said, “He (Adikwu) was a SARS operative at the Kwara State Police Command. He used to fraternise with robbers. There was a robbery that happened in Kwara State about six years ago. The robbers killed somebody and escaped. The police were able to arrest those robbers.
“He collected money from those robbery suspects and released them. Later, the robbers were rearrested and they confessed that he aided their escape. He was arrested, tried in an orderly room trial and dismissed.
“He was charged to court together with the robbery suspects and was in prison for three years. He and some of the robbers were able to manoeuvre their way out of the prison and formed a robbery gang.”
Police are still conducting further investigations to apprehend Adikwu’s gang members.
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