An 18-years-old house wife, Divine Preye Idan, were all arrested with some other friends including her husband by the Police in Bayelsa State after robbing a boutique, at gunpoint, on September 21,2017.
However she confessed to the police how she assist her 35-yrs old Husband, Idan, to rob a boutique in Biogbolo-Epie, Yengoa. Divine also confessed that they hired the locally- made gun they used during the operation from another couple, Iro Royereyigha, 30 and Abani Perelebina, 18.
The mother of one, who is also pregnant, said after negotiating for the gun with an initial deposit of N1000, The proceeded for the operation, with a promise of paying up the remaining N100,000 after the operation.
Divine's husband, Idan, corroborated his wife's account of their criminal act, but said it was their first time of engaging in robbery. He said they were dealing on timbers adding that hardship drove them into robbery.
He appealed to the police to forgive them on his part, Iro , who hired the gun from a friend and handed it over to his second wife, who subsequently gave it to Divine's husband.
Parading the couples, the Commissioner of Police, Amba Asuquo, said they would be charged to court after investigations and lamented rising parental irresponsibility in Bayelsa.
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