Police arrest two for allegedly attacking Corper Folakemi Akinbode

The Nigerian Police Force have arrested two suspect believed to have attacked a female Youth Corps member posted to Obuah community in Yenagoa Local Council of Bayelsa State, Miss Folakemi Akinbode.
 
They were arrested while attempting to sell the handset belonging to Miss Folakemi Akinbode. The suspects, identified as Ebi Jatto and Weriye Aluwa, were arrested on Wednesday at Koroama community in Yenagoa Local Council of the state and they confess to committing the crime. The suspects claimed that the victim, Folakemi, struggled with them while they were attempting to snatch her bag and they had to attack her with a machete due to her refusal to hand over her possession.
 
Police source said the two attackers were present during the payment made to the blood donors by the Corps member, adding “they claimed that all they wanted from her was the remaining money she kept in her bag after the payments in the afternoon. But that when she struggled and identified one of them, she was attacked with a machete.”