Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 47-year-old hotelier, Paul Niwa, and one other, Michael Odunayo, for allegedly stealing a bus belonging to A&G Logistics Transport Company, Sagamu.
He added that the detectives embarked on a technical and intelligence-based investigation and were able to trace the missing vehicle to the compound of A-Z Hotel at Elediye village, Sagamu, where the vehicle has been butchered into pieces to be sold in parts.
The police spokesman added, “The owner of the hotel, Paul Niwa, was there and was then promptly arrested and taken to custody.“On interrogation, Michael Odunayo, confessed to the police that it was himself and one Eri Adeyemi, who is now at large, that towed the vehicle away from where it was parked at about 2am and took it to Paul Niwa, who happened to be a regular buyer of such stolen vehicles and he bought it at the rate of N300, 000.
Oyeyemi added that preliminary investigation revealed that Niwa is a serial receiver of stolen vehicles, which according to him, he used to dismantle and sell in pieces. The PPRO however, said the acting state Commissioner of Police, DCP Babakura Muhammed, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to the State Criminal Investigation Department for further investigation while efforts are being intensified to apprehend their fleeing accomplice.All rights reserved.
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