NSCDC nabs serial motorcycle snatcher in Osun
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo
The 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.
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 a statement signed by the spokesperson of the command, ASC Kehinde Adeleke said, the suspect in his confessional statement said he started stealing motorcycle about 3 years 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
According to her, 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 and that he sold the stolen items to his buyers at the rate of N40,000.
The suspect further said 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.
Speaking on the incident, Commandant Adaralewa said the suspect was apprehended by officers of NSCDC and investigation revealed that whenever he steals motorcycle, he keeps it in his room at Obada Street Agate, Ede, Osun State.
He assured members of the public that all accomplices to the crime would be made to face the full wrath of the law in due course adding that the corps shall continue to smoke out criminally minded people out of the state.
