Two brothers have been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly stealing a Toyota Camry car with registration number JJJ 661 GJ and planning to abscond with it to Imo State
Emmanuel Nwachukwu, 28, and Sunday Nwachukwu, 24, were apprehended by operatives of the Federal Highway Patrol who were on a stop-and-search duty along Lagos/Ibadan expressway.
A statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said, “The vehicle was stopped by the policemen for routine check at about 11:30 pm, but while the officers were asking questions from one of them who drove the car, the two brothers who were the occupants suddenly abandoned the car and took to their heels.
“They were hotly chased and apprehended by the policemen, who there and then took them to Ewu- oliwo divisional headquarters for proper interrogation.
“On interrogation, the two brothers who live at No 2, Onifade Street, Fagba, Lagos, confessed stealing the car from one Bello Muyideen Kolawole of Arobaba Street, Idimu, Lagos.”
Oyeyemi said the police contacted the said owner who confirmed that the two brothers were working at a car wash close to his shop and that he took the car to them, only for them to run away with it.
The suspects, according to Oyeyemi, would be transferred transfer to the Lagos, where the crime was originally committed.