Yes, 8 months in prison didn’t stop me from going back to steal cars-Suspect

After spending eight months in prison, a suspected car thief has been arrested again. According to him, the eight months in Kirikiri Prison did not stop the urge in him to steal cars. 

The suspect, Mr Kazeem Kosemani, 37, a panel beater, who later took to crime, said: “I spent eight months in Kirikiri Prison, but I still came out to continue stealing cars.

I was arrested last year for car snatching. I was granted bail by the court, through the intervention of my uncle. My uncle paid to get me bailed, but I don’t know how much.” Kosemani said that after his bail, his uncle refused to accommodate him in his house, so, he was forced to sleep in buses at motor parks.
According to him, with the aid of a master key, stealing cars from where they are parked is easy. The suspect was arrested after the Officer in Charge of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Mr Abba Kyari, led a team of policemen to his hideout.
Apparently, a tracking device was in the car that the suspect’s friend, Ayeke, gave to him to sell. A police source said: “The suspect is a one-man car stealing gang. He said he had removed only five vehicles, but we believe he has removed more.
He spent eight months in prison, but he did not learn anything from his incarceration. Immediately, he was granted bail, he went back to his old ways.” Kosemani said: “I use master key to open doors of cars I want to steal. I also use the key to start the vehicle. My friend, Aboki, introduced me to the business. I bought the master key for N12,000.
“I prefer to operate at night and in the early hours of the day. I use the key to test the cars at night. If the key can start the car, I will come back around 4am to move it. I have removed only three cars – at Ijesha, Ajao Estate and Ilasa areas of Lagos State. “I sold a Toyota 3X for N35,000 because the engine was faulty. I sold the second car for N150,000. But Aboki gave me N100,000.
The third car was bought by a guy for N35,000. He said he would be going to Ladipo Market to dismantle it and sell the parts.” Recalling how he was arrested, Kosemani said that a friend, Ayeke, gave him a Toyota Serena car to sell. He, however, said he did not know it was a stolen one. Kosemani said that 18 days after the car had been with him, policemen came to arrest him. According to him, it was after his arrest that the police told him that it was stolen a stolen car. Police are still on the trail of Ayeke.