Two arrested for car snatching

Police in Ogun State have arrested two robbery suspects, Ismail Babatunde (24) and Afeez Omidokun, for allegedly snatching a car at gunpoint.
The suspects were arrested yesterday by Federal Highway Patrol team about 6am in Papalanto area of the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Muyiwa Adejobi, said men of the Federal Highway Patrol during a stop-and-search at Papalanto area of the state, stopped a Ford jeep with occupants who were young boys.
He said: “The document of the jeep was demanded from the suspects and the driver’s licence of the driver was also asked for. But instead of presenting the document and the driver’s licence, one of the occupants bolted, while the others were arrested and questioned about the ownership of the vehicle. “During interrogation, the suspects confessed to have stolen the jeep from the owner at gunpoint on Ifo-Abeokuta Expressway.
“When the occupants of the vehicle could not give reasonable explanation about the genuine owner of the vehicle, the two suspects were arrested immediately for questioning.”
One of the suspects, Babatunde, told our correspondent that he met one of them who ran away at an Indian hemp joint. He said: “I live very close to the Ifo market. Kunle, who introduced me to the carsnatching business, used to come to the Indian hemp joint in the market to smoke; that was where we met.
“I work at a workshop where I repair cars. He asked me to come and help him drive a jeep because he does not know how to drive. That was how I went with him to Papalanto not knowing that he was going for robbery.
“When we got the scene of the crime, when the vehicle appeared, he brought out a gun and pointed it at the driver and asked him to cooperate. We collected the car’s key and drove off.
“After we had succeeded in snatching the jeep, Kunle told me to drive towards Sagamu. It was when we were going that the Federal Highway Patrol team stopped us and later arrested the two of us.”

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