The Ekiti State Police Command mentioned its operatives have arrested six individuals suspected to be motorbike and automobile snatchers within the state.
Police mentioned the suspects have been working inside Ikere/Ado-Ekiti and Igede-Ekiti within the state earlier than they have been apprehended by operatives of the Command’s Fast Response Squad (RRS).
An announcement by the Command’s Public Relations Officers, DSP Sunday Abutu mentioned, “The suspects, throughout interrogation, confessed that they’ve snatched so many bikes from their house owners inside Ikere/Ado/Igede-Ekiti Axis.”
Abutu gave the names of the suspects as Adebayo Bashiru, Oluyemi Kunle, Gabriel Isaac, Abubakar Abdullahi, Macon Andrew and Peter Ninfa.
Police additionally nabbed two accomplices in relation to the alleged crime following additional interrogations on the suspected bikes and automobiles’ snatchers.
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“They additional talked about one Lawali Ibrahim and Kabiru Abdullahi as their accomplices who normally purchase the bikes from them after snatching.
“Effort intensified led to the arrest of the three patrons who additional confessed that they’ve transported seven of the stolen bikes to the Northern a part of Nigeria for resale.
“One unregistered Yellow Coloration Bajaj Boxer Motorbike was recovered from them on the level of arrest. In the meantime, a number of the victims got here to establish the recovered motorbike because the one utilized by the robbers to accost them and escape after robbing them,” Abutu mentioned.
Equally, the Ekiti Police spokesman mentioned the Oye Divisional Police Headquarters, in collaboration with some residents of Trinity Hostel Space arrested a infamous motorbike snatcher, recognized as Bernard Shadrach on 25 April, 2024.
Abutu mentioned Shadrach had snatched many bikes from their house owners inside Oye-Ekiti alongside his gang member who’s at present on the run.
He mentioned efforts are on for potential arrest of different fleeing suspects.