CYRIACUS IZUEKWE
The Police operatives from the Nasarawa State Command have arrested a 24-year old man, Aondofa Chanzer, for allegedly stealing his father’s Toyota Sienna bus and selling it to a buyer, Sunday Ola, at a give away price of N1.4m.
P.M.EXPRESS reports as was disclosed by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ramhan Nansel, who confirmed that both seller, Chanzer and the buyer, Ola, were in Police custody undergoing interrogation over their criminal conduct.
He stated that On 13th April, 2023, at about 0700hrs, a complaint was lodged at Karshi Division that one Aondofa Chanzer ‘m’ 24 years, took away a Toyota Siena bus with registration number Abuja ABC 714 FQ belonging to his father to an unknown destination, and all efforts to reach him or recover the vehicle proved abortive.
“Upon receipt of the report, Police detectives attached to Karshi Division led by the Divisional Police Officer, CSP Nnamdi David Udubor, launched a discreet investigation into the case. Consequently, on 22/4/2023 the culprit was trailed and arrested in his hideout at Karu village.”
“When the suspect was interviewed on the whereabout of the vehicle, he confessed to have sold the vehicle to one Sunday Ola of Kurudu, FCT, Abuja at the rate of (N1,400,000) One Million and Four Hundred thousand Naira; and led the Police to FCT, where the receiver of the vehicle was apprehended and the vehicle recovered.”
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Maiyaki Baba, has ordered for the suspects to be charged before Court for the alleged criminal conspiracy of selling and buying of stolen property upon conclusion of investigations.