Officers from the Ogun State police command in Nigeria, have arrested Eyo Eta, pictured here, for allegedly running away with the car of his boss, a Toyota highlander with registration number APP 467 GS.
The spokesperson of the state police command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, says the suspect was accosted by men of Federal highway patrol at about 9:30pm at Imeri juncture Ijebu Mushin heading to Benin.
“When he was stopped by the policemen, he was unable to give satisfactory answers to all the questions posed to him and he was subsequently taken to the station for more questioning. It was at the station that he confessed to taking the car away to Benin City unknown to the owner of the car.
The DPO Ijebu Mushin, CSP Hillary Simire there and then placed a call to the owner of the car who identified himself simply as Omopariola, who explain to the police on phone that the driver ran away with the vehicle from Lagos and that he had already reported the case to the police,” a statement from Oyeyemi reads.
The spokesperson added that the state Commissioner of Police, CP Edward A. Ajogun, has directed that the suspect be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation.
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