A naval officer, Ibrahim Adamu, 25, and Correctional Service officer, Abdullahi Abdulwahab, 26, are currently cooling off at the Edo state Police command cell over alleged car snatching and armed robbery.
The suspects were said to have attacked the driver of an unregistered C300 Mercedes Benz car in Sapele, Delta state and snatched the car from him.
They reportedly also forced the victim to transfer N400, 000 to their account through a Point of Sale (POS) .
The suspects were however arrested in army uniform at Ekpoma, Edo State while taking the vehicle to one Alhaji in Abuja for sale.
The State Police command Public Relations Officer (PRO), Chidi Nwabuzor paraded the suspect before journalists on Tuesday in Benin City, Edo State capital.
Nwabuzor said the vehicle and military uniforms were recovered from the suspects, adding that they will soon be charged to Court.
He said the suspects have made statements and claimed to be personnel of the Nigerian Navy and Correctional Service respectively”.
Nwabuzor said the vehicle and military uniform were recovered from the suspects, adding that they will soon be charged to Court.
The suspects who admitted to the crime said: “we chattered a tricycle from Warri to Sapele for the operation.
“As soon as we entered Sapele, we saw a vehicle without number plate, we ask him to stop but he refused.
“We pursued him to a village where he finally stopped. I told him, We are taking him to our office for driving unregistered vehicle and he pleaded that we should settle the matter there but we refuse .
“I took over the steering from him and started driving; but when we get to Oghara road, he asked how much will he offered us to settle the matter and I said N500,000 but he pleaded and transferred N400,000 to one POS number in Abuja we gave him.