Police arrest suspected motorcycle thief, recover 7 bikes  

The Ekiti State Police Command has recorded different large breakthrough successful its combat against transgression with the apprehension of 1 suspected motorcycle thief, 2 suspected receivers of stolen property, and the betterment of 7 motorcycles believed to person been stolen.

The apprehension was made connected Saturday, July 18, 2026, by operatives of the Command’s Violent Crime Response Unit (VCRU).

According to a connection from the Command, astatine astir 2:00 p.m., VCRU operatives connected stop-and-search work on Ilawe Road, Ado-Ekiti, acted connected credible quality that a fishy had stolen a reddish Bajaj motorcycle astir Olaoluwa Muslim Grammar School and was fleeing towards Ilawe Road.

The squad sighted the motorcycle, gave the fishy a blistery chase, and apprehended him. The fishy was identified arsenic Mustapha Lekan, 38, from Osun State. The stolen motorcycle was recovered from him.

During interrogation, Lekan confessed to stealing 2 motorcycles wrong Ado-Ekiti.

Further probe led detectives to Ilogbo-Ekiti and Ido-Ekiti, wherever 2 suspected receivers were arrested. They were identified arsenic Adebiyi Blessing and Ogunbayo Adebiyi.

Consequently, operatives recove...