Alhaji Mahmud Abdulakeen Tanko, 48, has been arrested and paraded by the Lagos state
Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, for selling cars he buys from a gang of armed robbers
who specialize in snatching cars in Abuja.
According to police, Tanko was arrested in Abuja after a
member of the robbery gang that supplies him with stolen cars was arrested in
Rivers state and confessed.
Upon interrogation, Tanko claimed he was aware
the men ( Musa
Yusuf, 27, Israel Nana, 30, Moses Andrel, 25 and Abayomi Adebayo, 53) supplied him with stolen cars but buys them
because they are cheap and helped him to maximize his profit.
He said he was not a robber for purchasing from the thieves.
Adebayo, one of the gang members who was arrested in Ayobo, Lagos was responsible for forging and changing chassis numbers of vehicles while Anrel who is a Liberian and a driver with UACN was arrested in Oyo state and confessed to selling four stolen cars. Another member of the gang, Nana was arrested in Rivers state and confessed to selling two stolen cars.
The Lagos state Police commissioner, CP Aderanti, said the robbers were apprehends through intensive surveillance, aggressive patrol and cutting edge technology. He said 16 cars including a Toyota Camry, Nissan, Sienna, Outlander Jeeps, Toyota Sienna, SUVs among others were recovered from the men.
Source: PM News
Adebayo, one of the gang members who was arrested in Ayobo, Lagos was responsible for forging and changing chassis numbers of vehicles while Anrel who is a Liberian and a driver with UACN was arrested in Oyo state and confessed to selling four stolen cars. Another member of the gang, Nana was arrested in Rivers state and confessed to selling two stolen cars.
The Lagos state Police commissioner, CP Aderanti, said the robbers were apprehends through intensive surveillance, aggressive patrol and cutting edge technology. He said 16 cars including a Toyota Camry, Nissan, Sienna, Outlander Jeeps, Toyota Sienna, SUVs among others were recovered from the men.
Source: PM News
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