The Police Command in Lagos State has arrested a 29-year-old man, Stanley Eshett, for allegedly stealing a car.
The commandโs spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest in a post he shared on his verified X handle @benHundeyin on Wednesday.
He said the police arrested the suspect on Wednesday in the Ikotun area of the state.
โPatrol Officers from Ikotun Division while on neighborhood patrol at 1:00 a.m, intercepted an unregistered Toyota Yaris car with three occupants around Abaranje, Ikotun.
โUpon sighting the officers, the occupants took to their heels, abandoning the car.
โAn intense search of the area led to the arrest of Eshett, โ the image maker said.
Hundeyin said the car owner who was successfully contacted, showed up and identified the suspect as one of the persons that violently took the car from him 40 minutes earlier.
The spokesperson said that investigation into the case is ongoing. (NAN)