Two brothers have been arrested by the men of the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly stealing a Toyota Camry in Lagos.
The suspects were apprehended Wednesday on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway as they attempted to flee to Imo State with the stolen vehicle.
Their arrest was confirmed by the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, through a press statement on Thursday.
According to Oyeyemi, the suspects, who worked at a car wash, stole the vehicle from a client who brought his vehicle to them for maintenance.
He said, “Police in Ogun State on the 30th of November 2022 arrested two brothers, Emanuel Nwachukwu 28 years. and Sunday Nwachukwu 24 years, for stealing a Toyota Camry with registration number JJJ 661 GJ while on their way taking the said vehicle to Imo state.
“The two suspects were arrested by men of the Federal Highway patrol, who were on a stop-and-search duty along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
“The vehicle was stopped by the policemen for routine check at about 11:30 pm, but while the officers were asking questions from one of them who drove the car, the two brothers who were the occupants suddenly abandoned the car and took to their heels.
“They were hotly chased and apprehended by the policemen, who there and then took them to the Ewu-Oliwo divisional headquarters for proper interrogation.
“On interrogation, the two brothers who live at No 2, Onifade street, Fagba Lagos confessed to stealing the car from one Bello Muyideen Kolawole of Arobaba street, Idimu Lagos.
“Upon their confession, the DPO Ewu-Oliwo division, CSP Toyosi Bello, quickly got in touch with the said owner, who confirmed that the two brothers were working at a car wash very close to his shop, and that he took the car to the place for wash, only for the two brothers to run away with it.”
The PPRO, on the other hand, stated that the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, had ordered that the two suspects be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department and then to the Lagos State Command, where the crime was committed.
