The couple
John Itodo, an Assistant Inspector of Nigeria Prisons Service attached to Otukpo Division, and his wife have been robbed.
The man was in the early hour of Friday robbed at gun point with
his bride, Jesse and other family members while returning from their
traditional marriage.
According to Daily Post, Itodo, younger brother to Yemi Itodo, had concluded a traditional marriage
rite with his bride in Etulo, a suburb of Katsina-Ala local government
of Benue State on Thursday and was to move to Otukpa in Ogbadibo LGA
same day for their wedding ceremony billed for Saturday.
The vehicle carrying the newly married couple, however, broke down
in Aliade, Gwer LGA and the couple and some family members had to sleep
over at Aliade.
“As early as 4 am on Friday, we set out for onward movement to
Otukpa and the journey was smooth until we got to a place called Atlo,
after Otukpo.
“We saw a military check-point by 6am with about 5 soldiers on uniform, fully armed, flagging down our car and we parked”, a family source revealed
Speaking further, the source said “We thought they were genuine
soldiers because they were kitted with Army Uniform and carrying
weapons. They also blocked the federal road with logs of wood and
lanterns on both sides of the road, to suggest it was a military or
police check-point.
“One of them entered our vehicle and asked the driver to move
towards a path in the bush while the rest unknown’ soldiers’ were
following with legs.
“They took us to a nearby bush and dispossessed us of a large
sum of money and all our belongings, including a professional video
camera and photo camera with the memory card which contained all our
marriage activities yesterday”.
He said the matter has been reported at the Otukpo Police Area Command.
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