Fresh revelations have emerged about Chidiebere Ohama, the suspected vandal arrested last week in Umuahia for stealing a ladder belonging to the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, EEDC.
Ohama was arrested by a vigilante group at Mission Hill, Umuahia, before being handed over to the police for proper prosecution.
However, a hotel proprietor at New Road, Umuahia, Mr Ikenna Sochima, has alleged that the suspect and his gang scaled a ladder into his hotel premises in July 2025 and broke into a guest room, during which they stole money and other valuables belonging to one of his guests.
“When my guest returned to his room and found his valuables missing, he raised an alarm.
“I immediately checked our CCTV footage and saw the faces of the suspects. I alerted the Operation Crush security team, who moved into the forest area known as ‘Down Below’ and identified Chidiebere when his picture was shown to the hoodlums there,” Sochima said.
Sochima said Ohama was apprehended, confronted with the evidence, and confessed to the crime before being handed over to the police at that time.
The hotel proprietor expressed surprise that the suspect, who was arrested for vandalism, claimed that the ladder theft was his first time of involvement in crime.
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