Illegality :Ondo bullion van robbery exposes police inspector on unlawful duty

Two weeks ago, it was reported that some armed robbers ambushed a bullion van laden with money belonging to a commercial bank, along Elemoso village along Ondo-Akure Road in the Ondo East local government area of the state, where the robbers opened fire on the police escort before making away with the money running into millions of naira.

But that robbery has turned out to be the albatross of a Police Inspector who led the escort team and three other police officers, as they have found themselves in very big trouble with the state Police Command.

The source of the trouble for the four police officers stem from the fact that they were not officially detailed to escort the van, meaning that they were on an illegal duty.

They are now being quizzed by the police alongside the two drivers and the cash officer for embarking on an illegal duty by escorting a bullion van conveying.

The two drivers drove the bullion van and the escort vehicle while the cash officer is a staff of one the bank.

It has been revealed that the suspects may have been embarking on such illegal duties before now to make brisk business until nemesis caught up with them.

The bullion van is marked Lagos FST 945 AL, while the escort vehicle has registration number PF 344 SPY.

It was also gathered that the four policemen who embarked on the illegal duty without official approval from the operation unit of the command, are currently being detained and interrogated for conspiracy in the robbery incident.

If they are found culpable, the four police officers may face orderly room trial and may be dismissed from the force before they are prosecuted.

It was learnt that the policemen fled the scene of the robbery immediately the robbers double-crossed them and fired volleys of gunshots.

Their desperate bid to make quick money for the weekend that fateful day may not only cause them their jobs but send them behind bars. It was gathered that the mobile policemen deployed to the scene of the robbery fished out the suspects while combing the bushes in the village where they fled to.