The Enugu state police have arrested a 28-year-old carpenter for using wooden gun to rob travelers of their valuables and cash along Markudi- Enugu express way.



The suspect who identified as Uchenna Otingwu said he hailed from Achara-Ohodo in Igbo Etiti Local Government Area, Enugu State disclosed to the police he did not carry out the robbery operation alone, that he did alongside two others named Dada Ugwuisi and Onowu Agbo, both from the same Ohodo community.
Uchenna who says they've been involved in robbing people who are traveling for quite sometime says his only regret was that he did not make much from the crime as he claimed people do not travel with enough cash.
The suspect who ran out of luck was caught by the Nsukka military patrol team said on their first attempt they got about N1000, second attempt N5000.
"I went into highway robbery business because I was not meeting up financially to take care of my needs together with my aged mother. I dropped out of Ohodo Community Secondary School in JS II when my father died and there was no money to continue with my studies. My poor condition took me to robbery together with the other two now at large. We used the wooden gun because we had not made enough money to procure dangerous weapon,"
The other two suspects, Onowu Agbo a professional casket maker while Dada Ugwuisi a driver however fled the scene, thereby escaping arrest.
Meanwhile, the suspect has been transferred to the Special Ant-robbery Squad,SARS,Enugu for further investigation.
A senior police officer at Nsukka who confirmed the arrest said that the military patrol team intercepted the robbers while in operation at Ohodo off Makurdi-Enugu express way.
He also said that during interrogation, the suspect confided in detectives that his claim of being a carpenter is false because he has a big provision shop at Ohodo along the express road.

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The United Nations, yesterday, said it would not relent on its effort to persuade Nigeria to repeal the  law that criminalised  same sex marriage in  the country, even as it adduced reasons why it would not in the meantime, impose any sanction on the nation.
Addressing a press conference at the end of her four days working visit to Nigeria, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, while advocating for adequate protection of the rights of lesbians, gays, bi-segxwals and transgender, LGBT, yesterday, described the same sex marriage law as "draconian and illegal", saying "the law already appears to be having other dangerous side effects."
Pillay, who was in the country to appraise human right situations, said the UN would forthwith hold the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke, SAN, accountable to his assurances that the same sex marriage law was not in any way intended to criminalise individual segxwal orientations.
According to the South African born UN Chief, "In the twenty years since the office of the UN Commissioner for Human Rights was created, this is the first time any High Commissioner has visited Nigeria. I am grateful to the government for inviting me."
"This is a very important country, with easily the largest population in Africa, big ambitions and huge potential. On the international level, Nigeria has been playing an increasingly significant role in the Human Rights Council in Geneva and is currently a member of the Security Council. It can, and I believe should, play an even more significant role on the international stage in the years to come, and its embrace of human rights will be a major element in deciding its future course both internally and internationally.
"One of the groups living in fear is Nigeria's lesbian, gay, bisegxwal and transgender (LGBT) community. The new law known as the Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition Act) goes far beyond prohibiting same sex marriage- which was illegal anyway.
"The law violates international law in that it is discriminatory and seriously impinges on freedom of expression and freedom of assembly, and could lead to human rights defenders advocating for the rights of LGBT people receiving draconian prison sentences.
"There is also concern among medical specialists that it will have serious negative consequences for public health in Nigeria, by driving LGBT persons underground and deterring them from signing up for HIV educational programmes, prevention, treatment and care services. Given that Nigeria currently has the second largest HIV epidemic in the world, this would be a heavy blow to the efforts to combat HIV.
"The law already appears to be having other dangerous side effects, even before it comes into force, with my office receiving reports of widespread arrests of LGBT people in some states, some physical attacks, including by mobs, and other forms of harassment such as a rise in blackmail and extortion. It is for these reasons, among others, that this law has aroused such controversy on the international level.
"As someone who grew up in South Africa under apartheid, and was discriminated against both because of my colour and my gender, I am acutely aware of the terrible effects of discrimination and intolerance.
"The UN Secretary General had roundly condemned the same sex marriage Act because we believe that it contravenes international laws and the African Union Charter which Nigeria signed to.

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President Jonathan who was recently on a 2-day visit to Katsina  statesaid if not for the good role of the late President of Nigeria, Yar'adua hw would not have become the President.
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