I went into robbery to pay my wife’s bride price – Suspect

Chukwuma Okoro, a robbery suspect, has confessed that he was involved in robbery to enable him pay N300,000 bride price. Okoro was among four robbery suspects arrested and paraded on Wednesday by the Ondo State Police Command.

Other suspects included: Ezenwa Raphael, Chukwudi Oruma and Thomas Onofuapo. The State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Femi Joseph said Okoro and other suspects were among the armed robbers who had been terrorising the state in the recent time.

Specifically, he said Okoro allegedly attacked a girl who was carrying a sum of N500,000 to the bank and as he was trying to forcefully collect the money from the girl before he was arrested by passers-by.

The PPRO added that a pistol and five live carriages were found on Okoro. The suspect, who said he was a vegetable seller in Akure, explained that his efforts to satisfy his wife pushed him to robbery. He said he wanted to pay a N300,000 bride price demanded by his wife’s family.