An alleged notorious car theft syndicate, 40-year-old pastor of a church in Ikere Ekiti in Ekiti State, Taiwo Afolabi, has been arrested by operatives of the Ekiti State Police Command. Also arrested was a 17-year-old boy, Raji Babatunde, and his gang on Thursday during a robbery operation at Okesa Area of Ado-Ekiti, the capital city, at about 3.30am after receiving a distressed call from some victims.
Parading the suspects at the Police Headquarters in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Victor Babayemi, said the pastor and his gang were arrested on Igbaraodo-Ogotun road, while vehicles recovered from them include a green Toyota Camry marked ET 241 AAA, a brown Toyota Camry with number plate KSF 634 AX, a Nissan Cabster with number plate EK 973 XH and another Nissan Cabster with number plate FST 621 XM.
The police spokeperson further added that the leaders of the group, Wasiu Sola and Abdukareem Ganiyu, were based in Ibadan and specialised in robbery and car snatching, which would be given to a dealer in Ado Ekiti to market.
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