‘I Became A Robber to Pay My Son’s Hospital Bill’ – Confessions Of A Suspect In Abia State

Uche Udoma, an identified armed robber in Abia state, confessed that he went into robbery to raise money to pay his son’s hospital bill.

Punch reports that the suspect, Uche, claimed to be a car panel beater, but that job brought him little or no income. His son became ill, and he needed money to restore his son’s health, he had no option but to rob to raise the money.

“I’m a car panel beater and I have not done any job for some time now, even when my son became sick and was hospitalized and I needed some money to pay his bill. That was what led me into stealing. I broke into my neighbor’s house and stole her Plasma television, but I was caught in the act and the television set was collected back from me.” He said

Newsmen learnt that the operatives of the Anti-kidnapping Unit attached to the Umuahia Central Police Station arrested the suspect while responding to a distress call from one Chioma Okoli, whose house Uche robbed.

The Commissioner of Police in the state, Adeleye Oyebade, confirmed the arrest of the suspects. He stated that their arrest was in line with the proactive measures introduced by the state police command, which was targeted at catching and arresting criminals in the act.