Operatives attached to the Ogun State Police Command are currently investigating two brothers for car theft.
The brothers identified as Emmanuel Nwachukwu aged 28 and Sunday Nwachukwu aged 24 were arrested on Wednesday 30th of November 2022 for stealing a Toyota Camry car with registration number JJJ 661 GJ.
NigeriaCrime.com gathered that the suspects were arrested by men of Federal Highway patrol, during a stop and search duty along Lagos/Ibadan expressway while transporting the vehicle to Imo state.
Trouble, however, started when the two brothers who were the occupants suddenly abandoned the car and took to their heels when their vehicle was stopped by the policemen for a routine check at about 11:30 pm.
During interrogation, the two brothers who live at No 2, Onifade street Fagba Lagos confessed that they stole the car from Bello Muyideen Kolawole of Arobaba street, Idimu Lagos.
Confirming the arrest, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, Police Public Relations Officer, Ogun State Police Command said the two suspects who fled during a stop and search operation by Federal Highway patrol operatives along Lagos/Ibadan expressway were hotly chased and apprehended by the policemen, who there and then took them to Ewu- oliwo Divisional Headquarters for proper interrogation.
Based on their confession, the DPO Ewu-oliwo division, CSP Toyosi Bello, quickly got in touch with the said owner, who confirmed that the two brothers were working at a car wash very close to his shop and that he took the car to the place for wash, only for the two brothers to run away with it.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has directed that the two suspects be transferred to State Criminal Investigation Departments, for onward transfer to Lagos state Command, where the crime was originally committed.