Operatives of the Special Anti robbery Squad (SARS)
Ogun State Police Command headquarters have recorded a
major breakthrough, with an interception of a truck,
marked LND 182 XB (Lagos) and loaded with Nestle PLC
products worth N11.
5million only at Ijoga Orile in Abeokuta North Local
Government Area of Ogun State.
According to report from ThisDay, two suspects allegedly
responsible for the stolen items and diversion of the goods
meant for a customer in Abuja, Federal Capital Territory
(FCT) are currently in the nets of the SARS detectives.
The incident occurred penultimate, Tuesday.
It was gathered that the suspects had loaded the truck with
the goods meant for a customer in Abuja before the duo
planned to divert it to another destination in Lagos for
sale.
Following a painstaking intelligence, it was gathered that
the police detectives uncovered the plot and swiftly
moved in where negotiation was entered on with the
suspects,through the help of an informant.
It was further learnt that the suspects agreed to sell the
goods at a give-away price of N3million only to the
potential buyer (the police man)before they were
eventually arrested at Ijoga Orile.
Mr. Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Ogun State Police Command
Public Relations Officer, confirmed and the incident and
gave the identities of the two suspects, as Idowu Jimoh, 42
years old, a resident of Kokale, Coca Cola Area of Otta,
Ogun State and the truck driver, Emeka Godwin, 21 years
old, a resident of Epe, Lagos State, who hails from Anocha
Local Government Area of Anambra State.
The driver of the truck, it was said, had worked in a
company in Otta before he was sacked for similar offence
of stealing and diverting a truck loaded with some
chemical products.
He is said to be married with two children, and has built a
house from the proceeds of these dirty deals that he does.
Prior to diverting the goods, it was said, he had tactically
removed the tracker installed on the truck before he even
left the company for Abuja as scheduled so that the
company would not be able to track the movement of the
truck.
However, Commissioner of Police Ogun State, Mr.
Ikemefuna Okoye, had directed the Officer in-charge of
SARS, to carry out a thorough investigation on the matter,
with a view to tracking down other members of the
syndicate involved or connected with the crime before the
matter is charged to court.
Besides, it was said that the police boss seized the
occasion to advise companies to always screen those they
employ to work for them in a bid to avert similar cases and
make sure they install tracking device on their vehicles
unlike the type fixed on the truck in question that was
removed by the driver before he even embarked on the trip
to Abuja from the company in Otta.
Adejobi, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, stated that
the command was always ready to provide adequate
security for lives and property in Ogun State, while he
enjoined members of the public to always avail the police
with useful and relevant information to assist them in the
course of their duties.
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