Police Recover NNPCL Staff Member’s Car, Arrest Suspect In Edo

Men of the Edo State Police Command has arrested a 24-year-old man, Promise Erosele Tobore over alleged car theft.

In a post on its official X handle on Tuesday, the command said it received a distress call that a two-man car-snatching gang snatched the vehicle in Benin City, the state capital.

The post said the vehicle belongs to a staff of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL.

According to the post, “timely info from a concerned citizen was received at the nearest @EdoPoliceNG stop and search point.

“The operatives went after them, which forced the suspects to abandon the Vehicle and took to their heels.

“However, one Promise Erosele Tobore, 24yrs, was arrested while his gang member identified as Best Chinwendu, aka ‘Best’ escaped.

“The case is being investigated with a view to arresting the fleeing suspect”.