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LUCK yesterday ran out of a driver, Ortema Paul, 41, while on his way to sell off his employer’s brand new vehicle as detectives from the Lagos State Police Command nabbed him before he could execute his plans.
The suspect was arrested alongside his guarantor, Iorfa Paul, 40, and Ojo Solomon, 29, who was contracted to locate and disable the tracker in the vehicle.
According to the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, 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. It belongs to a security company. Suspects will be arraigned at the end of the investigation.
“The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Abiodun Alabi, fdc assures residents of Lagos that the Command will continue to work towards the decimation of crime and criminality in the Centre of Excellence.,” SP Hundeyin added.
TheNewsGuru.com reports that the arrest followed the launching of a swift investigation into the matter immediately after a report of the stealing was received.
It would be recalled that the Inspector General of Police, Alkali Usman Baba, appointed Abiodun Alabi to take over from Hakeem Odumosu as Lagos State Commissioner of Police, as the latter was promoted to the rank of AIG.
With the promotion, Odumosu was redeployed from the Lagos State Command as the CP.
Alabi was until his latest appointment the Bauchi State Commissioner of Police.