Police Bust Car Snatching Syndicate During Operation

MICHAEL AKINOLA 

Police operatives from Zone 2 Command have arrested a suspected car snatcher, Olumide Taylor and recovered Toyota Corolla, which was snatched from an uber driver with pepper in Lagos State.

 

P.M.EXPRESS reports as was disclosed by the Zone 2 Police Public Relations Officer, SP Hauwa Idris Adamu, at the Zonal Command Headquarters, Onikan, Lagos.

 

She stated: “On the 22nd of July, 2023, at about 12:50am, intelligence was received by the AIG Zone 2, Muhammed Ali Ari, that along Fagba-Abule Egba Area, one suspect by name Olamide Taylor and his friend, Habeeb, now at large stopped a Toyota Corolla Saloon car, ash in colour driven by an Uber driver, Mr. Gbadamosi Adewale. The suspect told the driver to drop them at Fela’s shrine, Ikeja area of Lagos”.

 

“While on their way, they ordered the driver to turn back to where he picked them from under the pretence that Habeeb has forgotten his phone at the hotel and the Uber driver obliged.”

 

“When the Uber driver stopped at the point he picked them, one of  the suspects, Habeeb, who is now at large, came out of the car pretending to be on a call and later came back into the car and sat behind the driver. By that time, he had grinded pepper in his hand. He subsequently applied the pepper on the victim’s eyes, which forced him (the Uber driver) to jump out of the car shouting “thief! thief!!” and the other suspect, Olamide Taylor, took over the car and drove away.”

 

“Consequently, on receipt of the information, AIG Ali swung into action, detailed a team of detectives from the Monitoring Unit, who immediately tracked the said car and apprehended one of the suspect, who is currently giving useful information on the matter.”

 

In the interim, investigation is ongoing and the arrested suspect will be arraigned in the Court of competent jurisdiction at the conclusion of Police investigation.

 

“In the light of the foregoing, members of the public particularly commercial drivers, have been advised to always monitor the antics of their passengers with sinister intentions ” the Zone 2 PPRO concluded.