By; BAYO AKAMO, Ibadan
Four suspects are now in the net of Oyo State Police Command in Ibadan for allegedly attempting to sell a stolen trailer for N2.5 million at Ojoo area of Ibadan.
Oyo State Police Commissioner, CP Williams who made this known while briefing journalists at the Oyo State Command headquarters in Eleyele, Ibadan said the suspects were arrested during transaction to sell the stolen trailer.
CP Williams stressed that the truck was packed at a roadside after it developed fault and the driver hurriedly left the scene to look for mechanic to repair it and that before he could arrived back at the place, the truck has been repaired and moved to Ojoo area by the suspects.
At Ojoo, nemesis caught up with the suspects identified as Adams Mudasiru, Moses Adeyemo, Salami Isiaka and Wasiu Adeleke while negotiating how to sell the truck for N2.5million.
The Commissioner of Police stressed that during the transaction, Salami Isiaka presented himself as the owner of the stolen vehicle with suspected fake documents to enable him sell the said truck to Moses Adeyemo and salami Isiaka.
“ One Hakim Bello Owolarafe ‘m’ the owner of a Mark Truck with Registration number LSD 579 YA reported at Sanyo Police Divisional Headquarters, Ibadan that he gave his above stated truck valued Sixteen Million Naira (N16,000,000.00) to one Ibrahim Olawale as a driver and the said driver parked the vehicle along Ibadan Expressway Sanyo area, Ibadan on 21st May, 2022 due to some fault”, he said.
CP Williams added, ” based on investigation and credible intelligence, one Adams Mudasiru ‘m’ and Moses Adeyemo were arrested alongside the stolen truck at Ojoo area Ibadan from where he wanted to sell the said vehicle to Moses Adeyemo and Salami Isiaka at the rate of Two Million Five Hundred thousand Naira (N2.5m).”
” Salami Isiaka presented himself as the owner of the stolen vehicle. He made fake documents to enable him sell the said truck to Moses Adeyemo and salami Isiaka.”
