68-year-old, seven others nabbed in Abuja for car snatching

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested a 68-year-old man and seven others for car snatching and other crimes.

FCT Commissioner of Police, Sunday Babaji, disclosed while parading the suspected criminals on Tuesday in Abuja.

According to the CP, Abdulateef Abolade, the 68-year-old man specialises in fabricating car keys which criminals use in stealing vehicles.

One of the paraded suspects, Abubakar Shettima, 28, specialises in opening people’s cars at parking lots and carting away with their valuables such as laptops, tablets and bags, and sell these products to Adekoye Anthony, 28, and Yusuf Isa, 26, who in turn sell the valuables to members of the public in form of scraps and spare parts.

Another suspect, Brown Obijo who was arrested by police operatives attached to FCT Police Command’s anti-car section, based on a tip-off, is alleged to specialise in selling hard drugs and buying stolen vehicles.

He, however, met his Waterloo after buying a stolen vehicle from his friend.

Babaji told reporters that, “As the Yuletide season approaches, I want to appeal to residents to be more security conscious and provide timely information in case of emergency as our emergency lines are in circulation.

“In this regard, the command has massively deployed personnel to flashpoints in and around the FCT.

“As a follow-up to this, we have intensified vehicular and foot patrols, diligent stop and search operations, intelligence-based crime-fighting strategies and the constant raid on blackspots especially drugs spots.

“The suspects will be charged to court upon conclusion of investigation,” he said.

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68-year-old, seven others nabbed in Abuja for car snatching