Pictured!! Fleeing Suspected Car Thief Arrested In Kogi State

The police at the Lion Building Division, Lagos
Island, western Nigeria, have arrested a
suspected car thief, Mathias Isa, 28, in Kogi
State with the Toyota Camry 2007 Model car he
allegedly stole from the Marina car park on
Lagos Island.
The police alleged that the incident occurred on
27 November, 2015 when the owner of the car,
Mr. Olatunde Idris Ibikunle drove the car with
registration number AAA 146 AP and parked it a
Marina car park after which he dropped the car
key with the security guard at the park.
Police said as soon as the car owner left the
park to buy something nearby, the suspect
approached the security guard with the car key
and lied to him that he was the driver to the
Toyota car owner and that the owner called him
on phone and asked him to drive out the car to
pick him along Marina street.
The security guard, according to the police,
believed him and handed the car key over to
him.
The suspect drove the car out of the park and
headed straight to his village in Ayingba area of
Kogi State to look for a buyer for it.
Nemesis caught up with the suspect when he
was arrested by the police in Kogi State while
driving the car around to look for a buyer.
During interrogation, according to investigation,
the suspect allegedly confessed to the police
that he stole the car from a car park in Lagos to
sell and use the proceeds to solve his family
problems.
Following his alleged confession, the police in
Kogi State sent a signal to the Lagos State
Police Command about the incident and the DPO
in charge of Lion Building Division, Lagos Island,
CSP Anthonia Tamaruno, despatched a team led
by Corporal Gboyega Oyeniyi to Kogi State to
bring the suspect and the stolen car back to
Lagos.
After investigation, the suspect was arraigned
before a Tinubu Magistrates' court, Lagos on a
one-count charge of felony to wit, stealing.
The offence is punishable under section 285 (10)
of the criminal laws of Lagos State, 2011.
The accused however pleaded not guilty to the
alleged crime, and Chief Magistrate Mrs. K. B.
Ayeye admitted the accused to bail in the sum
of N500,000 with two surties in like sum.
Ayeye adjourned the case till 2 February, 2016
for mention while the defendant was taken to
Ikoyi prison, Lagos, pending when he will fulfill
his bail conditions.