A car washer, Idris Ayotunde, who stole a customer’s Ford Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) in Lagos, has been arrested by men of the Ogun State police command.
According to a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Ogun State command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, the suspect was arrested last Friday, December 4, with the maroon coloured vehicle with registration number EPE 707 FM.
Oyeyemi said the suspect was arrested at Alakija village via Olodo at about 8:17 a.m by Safer Highway patrol team who were on a stop-and-search duty along the Abeokuta/Ibadan Road.
“The team stopped the car and demanded for its documents, which the suspect was unable to produce, consequent upon which he was taken to Odeda divisional headquarters where the DPO, CSP Ajayi Williams personally interrogated him and found out that he actually stole the car.
“The suspect, who claimed to be an OND holder from a polytechnic in a South West state, explained that he joined the car wash situated at Jimoh bus stop, Shasha, Akowonjo in Lagos State not up to one month.
“He stated further that the owner of the car brought it for vacuum cleaning and handed over the key to him. Since they don’t have vacuum engine in their own car wash, he decided to take it to another car wash nearby but he changed his mind on the way and escaped with the car.
“It was on his way to Ibadan where he intended to dispose the car that he was accosted by the policemen and subsequently arrested.
“The owner of the car, one Mrs. Shofidiya Tosin, who had reported the case at Shasha police station, has been contacted and confirmed that the car was stolen from her.”
Oyeyemi further said the Commissioner of Police, Edward Awolowo Ajogun, had ordered the immediate transfer of the case to State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for onward transfer to Lagos State command where the car was stolen.
