Joy Anyim
A car wash attendant, Idris Ayotunde, wanted for allegedly stealing a customer’s Ford car, in Lagos State, has been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command.
Ayotunde, an Ordinary National Diploma (OND) holder, reportedly worked with a car wash firm at Shasha area of Akowomjo, Lagos State, where the owner of the car, Mrs. Shofidiya Tosin, came for vacuum cleansing.
According to the suspect who had worked at the car wash for only one month, the car wash did not have the facility to undertake vacuum cleansing, hence he had to take the car another wash station.
It was learnt that Tosin handed the keys to the car to Ayotunde. The story however changed after the suspect decided to abscond with the vehicle to Ibadan and sell it off.
Confirming the arrest of the suspect, the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the suspect was arrestee at Alakija Village, by Safer Highway Patrol Team, who were on stop and search duty along Abeokuta- Ibadan Expressway.
The PPRO said, “On Friday December 4, the suspect was arrested by men of Ogun state police command with a maroon coloured Ford car with registration number EPE 707 FM, which he stole from his customer in Lagos.
“The team stopped the car and demanded for its documents which the suspect was unable to produce, consequent upon which he was taken to Odeda Divisional Headquarters where the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Ajayi Williams, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), personally interrogated the suspect and found out that he actually stole the car.
“The suspect was on his way to Ibadan where he intended to dispose the car, but he was accosted by policemen and subsequently arrested.
“The owner of the car one Mrs. Shofidiya Tosin who had reported the case at Shasha Police Division has been contacted and confirmed that the car was stolen from her.”
Oyeyemi also stated that the Commissioner of Police (CP), Edward Awolowo Ajogun has ordered the immediate transfer of the case to State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), for onward transfer to Lagos state command where the car was stolen.