John Agbontean, a former convict, has been apprehended by the Edo State Police Command for his alleged involvement in a robbery. According to a statement from the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Moses Joel Yamu, the suspect was taken into custody in relation to a robbery that occurred at the Restoration Gospel Ministry, located at no. 11 Oviasuyi Street off Ogiemwenke in Benin City. The PPRO reported that Agbontean was arrested two days after completing a jail sentence for another offense. The suspect was caught with a makeshift gun while trying to rob the church. “During questioning, he admitted to being a former inmate who was released from Oko Prison, Benin City on 19/12/2024. He mentioned that he and an accomplice, known only as Ola, who is now on the run, had planned to steal money from the church’s end-of-year harvest thanksgiving, but he was apprehended while the accomplice managed to escape,” the statement continued.
