POLICE ARREST DRIVER AND GUARANTOR FOR STEALING VEHICLE THREE WEEKS AFTER EMPLOYMENT

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  • By Adeola Abdullah

Detectives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a driver, Ortema Paul ‘m’ aged 41 within the Ojodu axis of Lagos State while on his way to sell off his employer’s 2021 Toyota Hilux pickup van for Twenty Million Naira, which had just been bought three weeks earlier.

The suspect was arrested on August 9, 2022 alongside his guarantor, Iorfa Paul ‘m’ aged 40 and Ojo Solomon ‘m’ aged 29 who was contracted to locate and disable the tracker in the vehicle. All three men were arrested in the stolen vehicle.

In a press statement signed by Public Relations Officer of the State Police Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, he said the arrest followed the “launching of a swift investigation into the matter immediately a report of the stealing was received. Suspects will be arraigned at the end of investigation.

“The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Abiodun Alabi, fdc assures residents of Lagos that the Command will continue to work towards the decimation of crime and criminality in the Centre of Excellence.”

 

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