Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC) Osun State Command has apprehended a suspected serial motorcycle snatcher, Wahab Saburi (M) 27yrs old of Obada Compound Ede, Osun State.
According to a press release on Wednesday, 15th May 2024 signed by the Civil Defence PRO Osun State Command, ASC Kehinde Adeleke, said that the State Commandant, Michael Adaralewa said the suspect was arrested on 11th May 2024, at Oke-Ola Area, Ede, Osun State by NSCDC personnel in the state.
In his confessional statement, Wahab Saburi said he started stealing motorcycle about 3years ago and on the day he was arrested, he stole a motorcycle parked in front of an apartment at Oke-Ola, Ede, and he used a particular key which he uses to steal to unlock the motorcycle
Discreet investigation revealed that he had four (4) stolen motorcycles in his room which he allegedly stole at Agip area, Ayo–Omoba, Obada, Ede, Osun State. According to the suspect, he sells the stolen items to his buyers at the rate of Forty-Thousand Naira only (#40,000).
He stated further that he has someone in a popular market in Ede, Osun State, who prepares sales agreement papers for him, which he, thereafter, gives to whoever buys the stolen motorcycles from him.
Commandant Adaralewa said the suspect was apprehended by officers of NSCDC and investigation revealed that whenever he steals a motorcycle, he keeps it in his room at Obada Street Agate, Ede, Osun State.
The State Commandant assures members of the public that all accomplices to the crime would be made to face the full wrath of the law in due course. The corps shall continue to smoke out criminally minded people out of the state.