By Christian George
The Nigeria Police Force, Ogun State Command has arrested one 47-year-old hotelier, Paul Niwa and Michael Odunayo, 27 for alleged car theft.
The suspects were alleged to have stolen a bus belonging to A&G Logistics Transport Company, Sagamu.
In a report by Daily Post, the arrest of the suspects followed a report lodged at the Ewu-Oliwo Police Division in Sagamu, on Friday by Anifowose Kazeem, the driver in charge of a T4 Volkswagen bus, with registration number AAB 22 XB.
The spokesperson of the Ogun State Police Command, Abimbola Oyeyemi explained that the complainant was driving the vehicle from Abeokuta to Sagamu at 1 am when the vehicle reportedly developed a fault at Sagamu Interchange, causing him to park by the roadside.
Shockingly, the following morning when the driver had gone to where he left the car, it had disappeared.
The DPO of Ewu-Oliwo Division, CSP Toyosi Bello, on receipt of the complaint, mobilized intelligent officers to unravel those behind the disappearance of the vehicle.
The vehicle was, however, traced to the compound of A@Z Hotel at Elediye village in Sagamu.
Inside the hotel, “the vehicle had been butchered into pieces to be sold in parts,” he stated.
According to the police PRO, Odunayo allegedly confessed that he and one Eri Adeyemi, now at large, had towed the vehicle away from where it was parked at 2 am and took it to Paul Niwa, “who happened to be a regular buyer of such stolen vehicle and he bought it at the rate of N300,000.”
“Preliminary investigation revealed that Paul Niwa is a serial receiver of stolen vehicles, which he used to dismantle and sell in pieces.
“Meanwhile, the acting Commissioner of Police, DCP Babakura Muhammed, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to State Criminal Investigation Departments for further investigation,” he added.
