Police Recover Stolen Hyundai in Ibadan, Arrest 3 Suspects

(The arrested suspects Photo Credit: Oyo State Police Commad)

Oyo State Police have arrested three suspected car thieves and recovered a stolen white Hyundai Sonata in Ibadan.

The car was stolen from Shangisha, Magodo in Lagos on September 13.

Police spotted it around Ojoo area in Ibadan on September 16.

The commissioner directed the Anti-Kidnapping Squad to trace and recover it.

Using technology and intelligence, the squad found the car in Akinyele area and arrested three suspects Abdulramon Hassan, 49, Abdullahi Sani, 43, and Sulaimon Adamu, 53.

The suspects confessed and are helping investigators uncover the theft syndicate and identify others involved.

This arrest comes weeks after police caught two other suspects in a car theft network.

That pair, Adewale Abiola and Kabiru Abobarin, were moving a 2017 Lexus SUV across Nigeria's borders to sell abroad.

The Lexus had been stolen at gunpoint from a woman in Ilorin, Kwara State.

They were getting ECOWAS documents to move it across the border.

Police said more members of that syndicate are still at large.

The commissioner has ordered the investigation intensified and finished quickly so all suspects can be charged to court.