The victims, the majority of who are cab operators in Benin, the state capital, said the thieves now disguised as evangelists and clutching Bibles before snatching vehicles. At the last count, about 10 cars, mostly Toyota Camry, have so far been reported snatched from their owners.
A cab operator, who did not want his name in print, said he was dispossessed of his Golf GT car by three men who posed as men of God. According to him, the men, with Bibles in their hands, flagged him down on Akpakpava Road and requested him to take them to a church on Jemide Street within the Government Reservation Area (GRA) in the ancient city.
Narrating his ordeal before policemen at the Airport Road Police Station on Saturday night, the victim said the men later brought out a gun and ordered him to hand over the keys. He said: “I was coming on Akpakpava Road when three men holding Bibles stopped me to drop them at Jemide that they were rushing to a church programme. Immediately I negotiated into Jemide Street one of them brought out a gun and pointed it at me and collected my phone and the only N1,000 in my pocket.”
He added that the robbers even promised to drop his car after they must have used it for their operation. Also, about three weeks ago, thieves stole a newly bought black Camry car belonging to a journalist, Elder Tony Abolo in Benin. The car was stolen from where it was parked.
Abolo went to get something but before he returned the car had been stolen. When contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Abiodun Osifo, said efforts were on check the trend.https://newtelegraphonline.com/car-snatchers-clutch-bible-rob/
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