The Ogun State police command on Monday, arrested an ex-convict, Ayomide Ifabode, for allegedly stealing a car a few days after he was freed from prison for a similar crime.
Ifabode had allegedly stylishly moved away a Nissan Almera saloon car from where the owner parked it at Ijemotitun area of Abeokuta metropolis, a development that made the victim, one Okeowo Ahmed, to lodge a complaint to the police at Ibara Division, also in Abeokuta.
The PPRO stated that the police arrested the suspect followin a a tip-off to the effect that the stolen vehicle, marked AAB 87 TF, was sighted at Ototo community in Kobepa area of the state.
Going by the information provided, the detectives were said to have stormed the village on September 17, 2018 and successfully tracked down the suspect. The stolen car was also recovered.
The DSP said:
“On interrogation, the suspect confessed to have moved away the car with the aid of a master key. He also confessed that he had just completed a jail term over a similar crime”.
The state Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmed Iliyasu, had ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squard (FSARS) for further investigation and prosecution of the suspect.
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