I couldn't count the number of stolen vehicles I sold.

  Alhaji Kabiru Akorede

          A confession from Alhaji Kabiru Akorede who is a suspected car snatcher after he was arrested by the Lagos State Police Command. The operatives of lagos state Anti-Robbery Squad nabbed Kabiru Akorede in his residence at NEPA Quarters, Isashi, Lagos, during confession to the police stated that he could not count the number of stolen vehicles he has sold to people.

         According to Punch newspaper report, the 42-year-old Akorede allegedly belonged to an eight-man robbery gang, who had gone to the Victoria Island area on 12 September, 2014 and robbed one Mr. Albert Omisore of his Toyota Prado marked, AAA 690 BH.

 Th information gathered that the vehicle had reportedly been delivered to Moses Ogbu, a gang member, who in turn, gave it to Akorede to re-fix the fittings of the vehicle such as the headlights and windscreens before eventual sale. After the arrest of the gang, Akorede was trailed  by SARS operatives. He was subsequently arrested, while the stolen vehicle was recovered.

According to the police, while Akorede was still standing trial before an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court, he went back into crime and he was caught once again at the point of re-fixing the fittings of a stolen vehicle.

Source: Naij