The
Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP Operations, Mr. Ududo Adat, said
the pastor was arrested following a tip-off and confession from a
mechanic who was contracted to repair the vehicles .
The
cars recovered from the men are a Mazda Pick-Up with number plate
Ekiti XD 493 ADK; Honda Accord Car with number plate Abuja FG 942 ABJ
and a Mazda Panel Van with number plate Ekiti AG 68 YEE.
Briefing
newsmen at the command’s headquarters yesterday, Adat said the pastor
was a car dealer who specialised in the sales of stolen vehicles.
He said the cars were recovered following information from some people who were aware of the activities of the suspect.
The
police chief did not give the identities of the head of the car
snatching syndicate, saying that investigations were ongoing.
The
Commissioner of Police, Mr Olayinka Balogun, earlier blamed the banks
operating in the state for the rampant robbery scares which, he said,
had disrupted financial transactions in the recent past.
Balogun,
told newsmen that the incessant robbery scares that had caused panic in
the state could be attributed to the refusal of the banks to subscribe
to the use of Security Alert System being operated by the police
command.
He
said that banks would be the target of any robbery gang and that he
expected the banks to have subscribed to the alert system.
The
police boss also solicited for two Armored Personnel Carriers, APCs,
from all the banks to curtail the activities of robbers.
He
said the state government donated two out of the three APCs in the
command, adding that “if the Banks can combine together and donate two,
then it will make the fight against robbers easier”.
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