Police Arrest Abuja Chef For Drugging, Stealing N150m Luxury Items

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) through the Force Intelligence Department–Intelligence Response Team (FID-IRT) has arrested a chef, John Cosmos Govi, over his involvement in a case of criminal conspiracy, housebreaking, administering suspected harmful substances, malicious damage to property and theft involving the robbery of luxury items and valuables from a residence in Abuja.

Preliminary investigations revealed that the suspect, who reportedly trained at a catering school in Cotonou, Benin Republic, secured employment as a chef at the residence after establishing contact with two accomplices, Peter and Moses, both currently at large.

The police said their findings indicate that the suspect carefully studied the residence’s routine, movements, and security structure before executing the operation on 23rd April, 2026.

Force PRO, DCP Anthony Okon Placid said further investigations established that food prepared within the residence was laced with a suspected sedative substance intended to incapacitate the occupants and security personnel.

“After the substance took effect, the suspect facilitated the entry of his accomplices into the residence, where the gang vandalised the CCTV monitoring system, ransacked the apartment, and carted away cash alongside twenty luxury wristwatches valued at approximately N150,000,000,” Placid explained.

Operatives of the FID-IRT subsequently intercepted the suspects while attempting to flee through the Gwagwalada axis en route to Lagos.

During the operation, an iPhone 17 Pro Max belonging to the victim was recovered alongside a suspected chemical substance, which has since been forwarded for forensic analysis.