Seven in Police net over alleged diversion of dredger

The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) and Police officers in conjunction with Local Vigilantes Group of Nigeria recently intercepted a dredger and arrested over seven suspects for alleged illegal diversion along Ifiekporo Community river in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State.

Also arrested is a thirty year old man, Reuben Oshodi from Arugbo Community in Ondo State.

It was gathered that AMCON earlier seized and took inventory of the dredger from one Chief Oki,Chief Executive Officer of Wokson Construction Company over alleged debt running into several billions of naira.

Instead of coming out to pay his bills, Chief Oki allegedly sent his workers to illegally tow the dredger from Ugbuwangue Waterside on Sunday night of September 10 to an unknown destination.

One of the suspects who is the Master Dredger, Timothy Nwachukwu (45) in a chat with newsmen stated that he was sent by his boss.

Nwachukwu, who is from Ikeduru community in Imo State, and his accomplices are cooling off at the “B” Division Police Station in Warri.

The Managing Partner, Mr. Onaiwu-Thomas Eghobamien, led the Police to the Community for the interception and arrests on behalf of the Receiver Manager, Chief Robert Ohuba &Co Legal Practitioners in Edo State.

Eghobamien expressed happiness that the dredger was recovered from the Suspects insisting that the prime suspect must be arrested with the necessary actions taken against him.

The dredger has been relocated to a jetty at Enerhen Community in Uvwie Local Government Area.

Contacted, the Delta State Acting Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Andrew Aniamaka, did not pick his calls or reply text messages put across to him.