LAGOS MECHANIC ARRESTED IN OGUN FOR DISMANTLING STOLEN CAR TO SELL

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The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ogun State Command, revealed on Friday that its operatives arrested 27-year-old automobile technician, Abiodun Ajao, for allegedly stealing and dismantling a customer’s vehicle with the number plate Lagos BDG 956-FJ.

This was revealed in a statement by the Public Relations Officer of the Ogun NSCDC Command, Dyke Ogbonnaya, on Friday.

Ogbonnaya said, “The suspect who intentionally drove the said vehicle from Lagos to Idona, Ijebu Imusin, Ogun State had already started dismembering the vehicle for sale to intending buyers before he was arrested.”

He explained that when questioned by the officers of the NSCDC, Ijebu East Central Division Esure, Ijebu Imusin, Ajao said, “The engine of the vehicle is bad and I’m just trying to find some buyers for the parts since the engine is knocked and unusable”.

After thorough and further examination, Ogbonnaya said the suspect disclosed that the vehicle was brought to him for repairs and that he was test-driving it to see the suitability of the work done on it before handing it over to the buyer.

The NSCDC boss said, “Ajao said ‘I have already driven the car to some distant parts of Lagos with passengers before bringing it down to Ijebu Imusin and en route Epe road before I was caught dismembering the engine and other parts of the vehicle’.”

He added that the suspect confessed to the crime and had been pleading with the NSCDC officers for forgiveness.