By Our Correspondent
The Nigeria Police “B” Division in Warri have arrested a physically challenged person identified as Samson Akpofure for allegedly scaling over the station’s 10 foot fence at about 11pm on Saturday October 10.
Our source revealed that the prompt alert by the police guard on duty led to the arrest of the physically challenged who caused pandemonium at the police station.
The source, a Journalist who crave anonymity witnessed the incident as he was apprehended while under-covering prostitutes increasing menace in Warri that fateful night.
According to the source, “I was in a popular brothel in Ginuwa street to carry out investigation and Police raided the place and arrested all of us. At the station I introduce myself as a journalist and my mission and the Divisional Police Officer, CSP Eyoh Anietie who led the operation set me free.
“While about leaving at about 11pm, I saw the station guard barking orders and other police who partook in the night raid rushed there and the disabled man was arrested after scaling the high fence.
“The police were shocked at how a one legged man can jump that height, but on interrogation he confessed to come from Essi Layout area of Warri.”
A police source who confirmed the incident said that the suspect could not explain his mission to the newly fenced police station.
He added that the suspect could be a member of criminal gang who may have planned to invade the police using the disabled man as a Lunch pad for the attack as was in the case in the recent Kwara State commercial bank attack.
