Niger State Police Arrest Two Suspects for Car Theft During Juma'at Prayer in Abuja.

Two suspects have been taken into custody by Niger State Police Command operations for conspiracy and car theft. The accused are Toyota Corolla owners.

In a statement released on Thursday, June 20, 2024, the command's spokeswoman, SP Wasiu Abiodun, stated that the suspects had taken the car during Juma'at prayer in the Central Mosque district of Abuja.

The PPRO claims that the culprits were apprehended while attempting to sell the pilfered car in Minna for N6.5 million.

On 14/6/2024 at about 1840hrs, Police operatives attached to SCID, Minna arrested two suspects namely; Gwaza Bulus 41yrs of Zango-Kataf, Kaduna State

-Yahaya Amodu 45yrs of Kwakuti, Niger State," the statement read.

 

"The suspects were arrested at Sauka-Kahuta area of Minna with a white Toyota Corolla vehicle with Reg. No. ABC 72 NF suspected to be a stolen vehicle.

"During interrogation, Bulus narrated that he met one Daniel at Area 3 Abuja and they exchanged pleasantry having discovered that they were both brothers from Kaduna. 

 

"Subsequently, Daniel introduced him to one Abdul, and told Abdul that he needed a job, while Abdul said that he has a vehicle they could sell for him.

 

"Bulus further said that Abdul contacted him on May 31, and gave him an imitated vehicle key. He said that Abdul told him that the vehicle would be parked at Central Mosque area Abuja by the road during Juma'at Prayer with a good description. He said he went to the Central Mosque Area and drove the vehicle away.

 

"He confessed that he took the vehicle to Kwakuti in Niger State to meet Yahaya whom he met on social media as a vehicle dealer, and he left the vehicle for a while with Yahaya hoping that the vehicle could be sold quickly, but due to delay, he went back to Yahaya on June 14th while they decided to bring the vehicle to Minna for quick disposal

 

They were both arrested in the process of selling of the vehicle without any document and negotiating to sell the car at the rate of six million, five hundred thousand naira in Minna." 

The matter will be forwarded to FCT Command for additional investigation and prosecution, but for now, the two suspects are being investigated by SCID Minna. Meanwhile, efforts are being made to apprehend the aforementioned Abdul.