A dispatched rider, Emmanuel Samuel, was on Sunday July 11 2021 arrested by men of the Ogun State police command while running away with the motorcycle given to him by his company to dispatch their goods.
Samuel was arrested when he was accosted by policemen from Ogere division who were on routine patrol of their area.
They stopped the suspect, demanded for the documents of the bike which he produced on the spot. But while going through the documents, it was discovered that the motorcycle was registered on the 12th of July 2021, which implied that the motorcycle had been registered before it was bought.
This aroused the suspicion of the policemen and the rider was subsequently taken to the station for proper interrogation.
On interrogation, he confessed that the motorcycle was given to him by a company in Yaba, Lagos, where he was employed three days earlier as a dispatch rider.
The suspect stated further that he decided to run away with it hence he forged the registration documents and number plate for the motorcycle.
The Divisional Police Officer of Ogere division, CSP Abiodun Ayinde, there and then got in touch with the company’s manager, who confirmed that they had been looking for the suspect in Lagos, and that he deliberately removed the tracking device from the motorcycle.
The Commissioner of Police, Ogun State, Edward Awolowo Ajogun, has ordered the transfer of the suspect to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCID) for onward transfer to the Lagos State command, where he will be prosecuted.
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