Three arraigned for stealing Lebanese’s car

A Senior Magistrate’s Court, sitting at Karu, Federal Capital Territory yesterday arraigned three persons, Abdulazzeez Jimoh, Adesina Emmanuel and Collins Egwu for criminal conspiracy and theft of a car, which is contrary to sections 97 and 289 of the Penal Code Laws of Nigeria.
The Investigation Police Officer (IPO), Inspector Usman Idakwo, who testified in the case, alleged that the accused persons stole a Toyota Hilux Car, belonging to one Samir Archkor, a Lebanese national on September, 11, 2012.

Idakwo said that the complainant drove the car into Setraco Yard at Life Camp Abuja and packed it in front of the company’s restaurant. A few hours later, he came out and discovered that the car had disappeared.
Police swung into action following complaint by the plaintiff. In the course of the investigation, the accused persons were arrested on September, 13, 2012 at different places.
The accused persons allegedly made a confessional statement, during police interrogations. However, they were not given the opportunity to respond to the allegations of the IPO because their counsel asked the court for a date for a defence.
According to the confessional statement of the accused persons, the stolen car was sold to someone simply identified as Alhaji from Sokoto State. The accused persons in their statement before the court also said the buyer of the stolen car was their regular customer who often comes to buy stolen items from them.
Meanwhile, the Police said the buyer is still at large, but efforts were on to catch him. The court granted the defence counsel’s prayer and adjourned the case to December, 9, 2014.
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