The Enugu State police command says it has arrested two persons for allegedly attacking and hijacking truckload of cements belonging to the Dangote group.
ASP Daniel Ndukwe, the public relations officer of the command, in a statement on Sunday, said the truck was hijacked along the Nsukka – 9th Mile Expressway.
According to him, the command recovered a small blue-coloured unregistered Mercedes Benz truck; which the suspects planned to offload the bags of cement to.
He explained that a joint team of police operatives attached to 9th Mile Police Division and personnel of the Nigerian Army, 82 Division, carried out the arrest.
He said “On April 15 at about 1:35 a.m., Goodluck Samuel, 31, and Ifeanyi Ozo, 30, were arrested along Nsukka- 9th Mile Expressway by 7-up in Udi Local Government Area.
“The suspects and others at large, were alleged to have attacked and hijacked from its driver and motor-boy, a Dangote’s Sinotruk truck with registration number: GRZ 430 XA loaded with bags of cement en-route Awka, Anambra from Obajana, Kogi.
“They demobilised the truck, and were at the verge of trans-loading the bags of cement to a smaller Mercedes Benz truck they used for the operation, when the joint operatives arrested them.
“The hijacked truck and goods have been secured, while the said smaller truck has been recovered,’’ Ndukwe said.
He added that investigation is ongoing to arrest others suspects at large, adding that the arrested suspects would be charged to court on conclusion of investigation.
