Two brothers, Emmanuel Nwachukwu (28) and Sunday Nwachukwu (24), have been arrested by the police for stealing a Toyota Camry car with registration number JJJ 661 GJ.
The two brothers were arrested on Wednesday by men of the Ogun State Police Command while on their way taking the said vehicle to Imo State.
The two suspects were arrested by men of Federal Highway Patrol, who were on stop and search duty along Lagos/Ibadan Expressway.
The two brothers, who were apparently working at a carwash centre at the Idimu area of Lagos State, stole the car from one of their customers.
The arrest of the two brothers was contained in a press release, AZ:5310/OGS/PRO/VOL.7/179.01/12/2022, by the state police image-maker, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi.
He stated that 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 the 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.
“Upon 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.
“The said car owner added that he took the car to the place for wash, only for the two brothers to run away with it,” Oyeyemi further stated.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, has directed that the two suspects be transferred to State Criminal Investigation Department for onward transfer to the Lagos State Command, where the crime was originally committed, Oyeyemi added.
