EFCC arrests former kwara councilor over alleged car theft
Wed Dec 04, 2019 08:38:am
1.5K By Afam Jude Offor
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a former councillor of Ekiti local government area of Kwara state, Samuel Adeojo, over alleged car theft.
Spokesperson of the commission, Wilson Uwujaren, disclosed this in a statement sent to journalists on Tuesday, December 3. The EFCC alleged that Adeojo was fingered as the leader of a car theft syndicate notorious for stealing vehicles from car dealers through pretence as genuine buyers. “Until Adeojo’s arrest recently, the EFCC had been on his trail after series of petitions against his gang’s criminal activities were considered by the commission’s Ibadan zonal office,” the statement read. The anti-graft commission revealed that investigations carried out revealed that the gang deployed similar pattern of tricks to steal vehicles from their victims. The commission said the suspect often pretended to be a medical doctor, adopting different names and different institutions as his place of work. It revealed that he did that just to appear responsible and create false sense of confidence to penetrate the victims. One of the many cases reported involved a Toyota Avensis wagon car in which Adeojo claimed to be one Dr Gboyega Omojola of the University College Hospital, Ibadan. A similar scenario also played out in a petition by one Amos Oloja, also an Ibadan-based car dealer. The EFCC further revealed that Adeojo would soon be charged to court.
Spokesperson of the commission, Wilson Uwujaren, disclosed this in a statement sent to journalists on Tuesday, December 3. The EFCC alleged that Adeojo was fingered as the leader of a car theft syndicate notorious for stealing vehicles from car dealers through pretence as genuine buyers. “Until Adeojo’s arrest recently, the EFCC had been on his trail after series of petitions against his gang’s criminal activities were considered by the commission’s Ibadan zonal office,” the statement read. The anti-graft commission revealed that investigations carried out revealed that the gang deployed similar pattern of tricks to steal vehicles from their victims. The commission said the suspect often pretended to be a medical doctor, adopting different names and different institutions as his place of work. It revealed that he did that just to appear responsible and create false sense of confidence to penetrate the victims. One of the many cases reported involved a Toyota Avensis wagon car in which Adeojo claimed to be one Dr Gboyega Omojola of the University College Hospital, Ibadan. A similar scenario also played out in a petition by one Amos Oloja, also an Ibadan-based car dealer. The EFCC further revealed that Adeojo would soon be charged to court.
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