A 42-year-old man who claimed to be a mobile police officer was apprehended on Friday while he attempted to steal a Toyota Highlander SUV at Magboro, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in Ogun State.
The suspect, identified as Omotoso Ayobami, was arrested by operatives of the Oodua People’s Congress while trying to drive away the Highlander with registration number Lagos KSF-146JZ from a mechanic workshop in the area.
Eyewitnesses said Ayobami had picked up the car keys from the dashboard while the mechanic was away, started the engine, and was about to reverse the vehicle when he was intercepted.
The National Commandant of OPC New Era, Olayiwola Ogunsolu, who spoke to City Round at the scene, narrated how the incident unfolded.
“He picked the key when the mechanic was working on the vehicle and tried to make away with it. Luckily, the panel beater and some of our boys ran after him and caught him inside the car,” Ogunsolu
Ogunsolu added that the suspect, after his arrest, claimed to be a mobile police officer working with the Joint Task Force under the Akpata Area Command, adding that he mentioned several senior police officers allegedly aware of his operations.
“He claimed he works with some high-ranking police officers, including a Deputy Commissioner of Police in Abuja. That is why we immediately called the police so he could be handed over properly. When the officers came, they asked us to untie him, but I insisted they put handcuffs on him first to prevent escape,” Ogunsolu said.
The mechanic, Thomas Josiah, who owns the workshop, also confirmed the incident.
“I was working on the vehicle and left the key on the dashboard. My apprentice alerted me that someone was moving the car. I rushed back and caught him inside the car trying to drive it away.”
When questioned, Ayobami insisted he was on an assignment. “I am a mobile police officer. My former lecturer told me about this job. The number plate is for the Joint Task Force on Counterterrorism,” he claimed.
He further alleged that some senior officers in Abuja, including his commandant, were aware of the operation and that he was in Lagos on official duty.
“They should pardon me. I won’t do police work again. I am not a thief,” he pleaded.
The Divisional Police Officer of Wawa Police Station, Samuel Ayegbede, however, declined to take the suspect in, alleging that he had been beaten.
“The last time we accepted such a case, I personally spent over N300,000 treating the suspect,” the DPO said.
When contacted, the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, told our correspondent that the police had not received any official report regarding the incident.
Source: PUNCH
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