
The Kwara State Police Command has paraded three car snatchers involved in stealing and buying stolen cars in the south-west region of the country..
The suspects, Kehinde Olumo, Alhaji Oba Suleiman and Olayinka Jimoh, were paraded before newsmen on Wednesday, according to a statement credited to the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Ajayi Okasanmi. Okasanmi revealed that the suspects specialised in removing engraved windscreen and rear glasses of stolen cars and replacing them with another before selling to unsuspecting members of the public.
“Through the intensified efforts of the men of the Command Intelligence and Investigation Department, members of interstate vehicle thieves, especially from Lagos, Ogun and Oyo states, were arrested in Ilorin by the Anti Car-Theft unit of the command and investigations revealed that the suspects are confirmed car snatchers,” he said.