By Ayodele Oni
Following clampdown on the activities of robbers that specialize in snatching motorcycles popularly known as okada, Ekiti state police command efforts have paid off with the arrest of eight suspects.
The Command’s Rapid Response Squad(RRS), swooped on the hideouts of suspects and arrested one Adebayo Bashiru a.k.a Bashy, Oluyemi Kunle a.k.a Gbegbe, Gabriel Isaac, Abubakar Abdullahi, Macon Andrew and Peter Ninfa, identified notorious vehicles and motorcycles snatchers within Ikere/Ado-Ekiti and Igede-Ekiti Axis.
Spokesman of the command, Sunday Abutu explained that “The suspects, during interrogation, confessed that they have snatched so many motorcycles from their owners within Ikere/Ado/Igede-Ekiti Axis.
“They further mentioned one Lawali Ibrahim and Kabiru Abdullahi as their accomplices who usually buy the motorcycles from them after snatching.
“Effort intensified led to the arrest of the three buyers who further confessed that they have transported seven of the stolen motorcycles to the Northern part of Nigeria for resale.
“One unregistered Yellow Color Bajaj Boxer Motorcycle was recovered from them at the point of arrest.
“Meanwhile, some of the victims came to identify the recovered motorcycle as the one used by the robbers to accost them and escape after robbing them.”
Last month, the Oye Divisional Police Headquarters in collaboration with some residents of Trinity Hostel Area, Oye-Ekiti, arrested a notorious motorcycle snatcher, one Bernard Shadrach, who has snatched so many motorcycles from their owners within Oye-Ekiti alongside his gang member who is currently on the run.
Abutu stated that effort is in progress for possible arrest of other fleeing suspects.
