13th November, 2022
Operatives of the Ogun Police Command have arrested three suspected car snatchers in the Oke Itoku area of Abeokuta.
In the statement released by SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the state PPRO noted that the suspects are male adults.
He said; “Three suspected car snatchers, Moses Adewale Abiodun, Seyi Oyenekan, and Monsuru Majekodunmi were on the 9th of November 2022 arrested by operatives of Ogun state Police Command.
They were arrested following a report lodged at Oke Itoku Police Divisional headquarters by one Olusesi Akingbile.
Akingbile had reported that his Toyota Carina E car with registration number AAB 576 TF was stolen from his house at Ijemo on the 12th of October 2022 and efforts to locate the vehicle proved abortive.
He said that upon the report, a message was sent to all police formations in the state to be on the lookout for the said car.
On the 9th of November 2022, the stolen car was sighted in a Mechanic Village along Ajebo Road by policemen attached to Kemta Division while on routine patrol.
“The car was quickly intercepted, and Moses Adewale Abiodun who was with the car was promptly apprehended as a preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect has two others who are members of his gang,” the spokesman added.
“The other two were traced and arrested while another blue Carina E car with registration number AAA 565 GJ suspected to have been stolen were recovered from them”
The state Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, has directed that the suspects be thoroughly investigated and charged to court as soon as possible.