Enugu State Police Command has arrested a suspect in connection
with a case of car snatching and armed robbery. During interrogation,
the suspect identified as one Okwudili Nwodo revealed how he used to
receive snatched and stolen vehicles from cohort and repaint them
thereby making them ready to be sold to persons desirous of purchasing
car.
According to the suspect who resides at No 39 Amaetiti Street
Abakpa Enugu state with his spray painting/panel beating shop at
presidential road Enugu, one Okoro Kingsley whom he said is from Enugu
Ezike In Igboeze North Local Government Area of Enugu state had brought
a black lexus jeep with a registration number ISD 625 DJX to him to re
spray and incidentally the said jeep happens to be the one that was
allegedly snatched on gun point on 20/5/16 at Ebenano Ekwe in Isu Local
Government Area of Imo state from a victim later identified as one
Amadi Kingsley on the said date and brought to Nwodo to re- spray.
Nwodo was spraying one of the suspected stolen Honda Accord car
with registration number UWN 968 HU Metalic in colour when operatives
of the Ogui Division of the Nigeria Police Enugu state Command swooped
on him following intelligence information received recovering the said
lexus jeep and the one he was spraying.
Following his arrest and the recovery of the two
vehicles, suspect made useful revelation which aided the arrest of
Okoro Kingsley and recovery of three other vehicles suspected stolen to
be repainted also. The Two suspects are helping the operatives of the
command in their investigations.
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