By Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta
Police in Ogun State said they have arrested two brothers, Emmanuel Nwachukwu aged 28 and 24-yrs old Sunday Nwachukwu for stealing a Toyota Camry car with registration number JJJ 661 GJ while on their way taking the said vehicle to Imo State.
According to a statement from the PPRO of Ogun State Police Command, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, Emmanuel and Sunday living at No 2, Onifade street Fagba, Lagos confessed to have stolen the car from one Bello Muyideen Kolawole of Arobaba street, Idimu Lagos who brought the car to be washed in a carwash where the two brothers were working.
The two suspects were, however, said to have been arrested on Wednesday by men of Federal Highway patrol, who were on stop and search duty along Lagos/Ibadan expressway while fleeing with the car.
The two brothers had reportedly told the police of being on their way to Imo State when luck ran out on them.
The police said the vehicle was stopped by the policemen for routine check at about 11:30pm, but while the officers were asking questions from one of them who drove the car, the two brothers who were the occupants suddenly abandoned the car and took to their heels.
They were, however, hotly chased and apprehended by the policemen, who then took them to Ewu-Oliwo, Sagamu Divisional headquarters for proper interrogation.
On interrogation, the two brothers confessed stealing the car from one Bello Muyideen Kolawole of Arobaba street, Idimu Lagos who brought it to be washed at the carwash where the two of them were working.
Upon their confession, the DPO Ewu-Oliwo division, CSP Toyosi Bello was said to have quickly got in touch with the said owner, who confirmed that the two brothers were working at a car wash very close to his shop, and that he took the car to the place for wash, only for them to run away with it.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has directed that the two suspects be transferred to State Criminal Investigation Departments, for onward transfer to Lagos state Command, where the crime was originally committed.