The Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a driver, Ortema Paul, and his guarantor, Iorfa Paul for stealing an employer’s vehicle barely three weeks after employment.
Also arrested alongside is Ojo Solomon, who was contracted to locate and disable the tracker in a vehicle within the Ojodu axis of Lagos.
This was contained in a press statement e-signed and released to The Trumpet by the Command’s Spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin.
The statement said, “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.
“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.”
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It was gathered that all the suspects were arrested together in the vehicle while trying to sell it. The vehicle was bought brand new and is just three weeks old.
The statement further disclosed that the arrest followed the launching of a swift investigation into the matter immediately after a report of the stealing was received.
“Suspects will be arraigned at the end of investigation,” it added.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Abiodun Alabi, has assured residents of the State that the Command will continue to work towards the decimation of crime and criminality in the Centre of Excellence.
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