Driver nabbed for stealing employer's N45m SUV in Ogun

Police successful Ogun State person recovered a stolen Lexus 460 SUV valued astatine N45 cardinal wrong hours of its theft, and arrested 1 fishy implicit an alleged program to merchantability the conveyance successful Cotonou, Benin Republic.

The conveyance was allegedly stolen by the owner’s 28-year-old driver, Jeremiah Jacob Emmanuel.

DAILY POST gathered that the lawsuit was reported to the Agbado Division connected Thursday, astatine astir 7:00 p.m.

According to a connection by the Police spokesperson, DSP Oluseyi Babaseyi, connected Friday, probe showed that the operator had taken his leader to his bureau earlier successful the day, but aboriginal drove disconnected with the conveyance without authorisation.

He allegedly claimed his woman was indisposed.

He noted that the fishy reportedly took the conveyance to conscionable 2 different persons, Akeem Olawale and Monday Keshi, who is presently astatine large.

The suspects had allegedly arranged to instrumentality the conveyance to Cotonou for merchantability astatine N10 million, contempt its estimated worth of N45 million.

Upon receiving the report, detectives from Agbado Division swung into enactment and tracked the suspects.

The cognition led to the apprehension of 1 of the suspects astatine Agbado Crossing astatine astir 7:00 p.m. connected the aforesaid time with the stolen Lexus recovered.

“During preliminary investigation, the arrested fishy allegedly admitted engagement successful the planned question of the conveyance to Cotonou for sale.

“Efforts are ongoing to ...