The suspects, Fadamitan Desmond, Olayemi
Adeoye and Imafidon Roland, said there was nothing wrong in stealing and
selling cars. The gang members have a special key, which they used in igniting
the vehicles’ engines, before moving them from where they were parked.
Adeoye, the prime suspect, told our
correspondent that he bought the master key purposely to unlock and steal cars
parked at market places. He confessed that he sell each of their stolen
vehicles for a paltry sum of N50,000. According to him, he usually sells the
cars to Desmond and Roland.
He said: “Anytime I identify a
vehicle, which I wish to steal, I would go to the area with my special key. I
will take the car to Desmond and he would give me N50,000.”
According to Desmond, who is a graduate
of Mechanical Engineering from Osun State Polytechnic, Esa-Oke, the prices at
which he buys the cars made him culpable of receiving stolen property.
He said: “I used to repair the cars
before selling them to unsuspecting buyers.”
The state Commissioner of Police, Mr.
Gbenga Adeyanju, said that Adeoye specialised in stealing vehicles in
Akure, while the duo of Roland and Desmond were in the habit of selling stolen
vehicles.
He said: “The suspects confessed to have
stolen the vehicles. Their leader, Adeoye, narrated how they had been
perpetrating the crimes within and outside Akure. Efforts are on to arrest
other fleeing members of the gang.”
Adeyanju disclosed that the command had
set up a three-man task force in compliance with the Inspector General of
Police’s directive.
He mentioned Assistant Commissioner of
Police (ACP), Mr. Alani Adegoke, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Mr.
Emmanuel Ojemu and Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Mr. Dapo
Omomuwasan, as members of the task force.
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