“We Sell Stolen Keke NAPEP For N75,000” – Suspect
The suspect, Ekene Chukwuan, 21-year-old, was arrested in
the early hours of Thursday after he and four other members of his gang broke
into an apartment at 49, Falana Street, Iyana-Ejigbo Lagos, and carted away
with one tricycle and one motorcycle at around 2:00 am.
Ekene, native of Enugu State, told the police during
interrogation about how he was introduced into motorcycle and tricycle stealing
business by his mentor named 'Alhaji'.
“I relocated from Amukoko to Ijora in search for greener
pasture because I was told there is money in Ijora and Mushin. I work as a
truck pusher at Ojuade market where I helped people convey their goods from one
location to another before Alhaji told me to stop the work for better one.
“Alhaji told me he was called for a work by one 'Ajona’
and asked me if I will like to join in the job, promising me a better pay and
less stress. I accepted Alhaji’s idea but didn’t know we are going for
stealing,” he added.
“On getting to Ejigbo, Ajona who is the leader told us to
stay in a place till night fall before entering into the apartment where we
unchained a motorcycle and a tricycle. We put the motorcycle inside the tricycle
while Ajona drove with two others in the tricycle.
“We were on our way when we met RRS men who stopped us
but we refused to stop. So they (RRS) chased us. We were at full speed trying
to escape when we crashed before taking to our heels, but the police caught me,”
he confessed.
Ekene in his statement to the Police claimed, “we sell
stolen Keke NAPEP between N75,000 to N80,000, while motorcycles are sold
between N30,000 to N40,000.”
The owner of the motorcycle, Mr. Nduka Oyekachi Innocent,
who was alerted of the theft and invited to RRS Office, said “I parked my
tricycle in my compound at 49, Falana Street, Iyana-Ejigbo, and went to bed. I
woke up the following morning only to discover that the keke was missing. I
searched everywhere, including the drainages because I was so much devastated
and worried about the debt and how to take care of my family. Immediately, I
went to Ejigbo Police Station to report the incident before I was informed later
that RRS officers have arrested one of the suspected thieves.”
Nduka, 31, noted that he wept like a baby on discovering
that his keke was missing because he got the keke on hire-purchase from a
businessman. He was to repay the sum of N1,000,000 within a period of one and
half year according to the hire-purchase agreement he signed.
He explained further that, the businessman gave him the
keke in February 2017 which he had just repaid N220,000 out the N1,000,000.
Recovered from the suspect were iron cutter, tricycle and
motorcycle.
The suspect has been transferred to the Lagos Police State Criminal Investigation Department for further investigation.
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