A robbery suspect, Olawale Olabinwonu has been arrested by
Lagos State Police Command for attempting to sell a stolen vehicle. Olabinwonu, an administrative officer of the
Cherubim and Seraphim Church, Igbogbo, Ikorodu, was arrested by operatives of
the Rapid Response Squad while trying to sell a Nissan Sentra, 2015 model.
The vehicle, whose number plate was changed, had been placed
on an online shopping platform, where it was advertised for sale.
Police investigators had, on seeing the advert, called the
contact on the website to indicate interest. A man, who took custody of the car
where it was parked in the Lekki area of the state, was said to have been
arrested.
The suspect, however, denied ownership of the car and
subsequently led detectives to Olabinwonu’s residence. He was reported to have
packed out of the house with his family after sensing danger. He was, however,
tracked to a church in the area where he was arrested.
The vehicle, which is owned by a bank, was stolen at
gunpoint when some robbers attacked a hotel in the Iju-Ishaga area where the
manager of the bank lodged. The robbers were said to have made away with the
car along with other valuables of the banker.
Olabinwonu, in his statement to the police, said the car was
given to him by a friend he identified as Ahmed Abbey, who asked him to find a
buyer for it. He explained that he consulted his pastor twice, who assured him
that nothing would go wrong and he could go ahead with the sale.
He said, "I met Abbey at Dammy Jay Hotel, Ikorodu. He came
to my table, bought drinks for everyone and we became friends. While I was
going home, he gave me N2,000. I saw Abbey later that week to ask if he could
help me with some money because I had no job. He asked if I could help his
sister, who was travelling overseas, to sell her car.
"I consulted my pastor and he told me to collect the car
from him. I took the car from him, but after about three weeks and I couldn’t
get a buyer, he took the car from me. Some weeks later, I saw him with the car
and he challenged me that I didn’t want to sell the car. After a while,
we agreed that I should try again.
"I consulted my pastor again for him to pray about it. This
time, my pastor introduced me to someone in Lekki, who had a car park at a very
conspicuous place, where we could put the car for sale. The car was there
when I learnt that it was stolen at gunpoint," Punch gathered.
Olabinwonu said since his arrest, his friend had switched
off his phone.
The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos,
confirmed the arrest, saying efforts were on to get Abbey.
7 Comments
For goodness sakes, why is it that pastors are doing the negative things?
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ReplyDeleteServes both of them right.
ReplyDeleteAnd he believed him!
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