A senior pastor has landed in trouble after he, alongside his gang members snatched a Toyota Highlander in Lagos state.
The pastor and his gang members caught after stealing the car.
A senior Pastor at the Ministry of the Holy Ghost, Joe Akan, and
four of his accomplices have been arrested for their involvement in the
snatching of a Toyota Highlander SUV in Agege area of Lagos State.
According to a report by Vanguard, the robbery was planned
sometimes last week by the mastermind of the robbery gang identified as
Uche who is now on the run, one Charles Lekan and the pastor.
They later invited two other suspects, Obi Isaac, 33, and Wasiu
Jamiu, 26, to perfect their operation which took place last Friday.
After snatching the car, the criminals got into trouble while
trying to sell it at the price of N800,000. They enlisted the services
of another accomplice, Olufemi Emmanuel, 39, believed to be agent to
assist in selling the car.
The car was taken to three prospective buyers at Owode, Ogun State,
Ladipo and Fagba area of Lagos, where the buyers wanted to pay
N300,000.
While others agreed to sell it at the give-away price, Lekan
refused, an action that led to a misunderstanding between them, with
Olufemi (agent) threatening to report them to the police if they sold it
for N300,000.
It was further gathered that the suspects removed some parts from
the vehicle which they sold at Ladipo. They were alleged to have given
Pastor Akan N50,000.
Pastor Akan while speaking denied his involvement in the car theft, saying “I
was at the mechanic workshop (last Wednesday), servicing my bus when I
was apprehended by some policemen over my involvement in a car robbery I
never participated in.
“I resisted at first, but after they showed me their ID cards
and a gun, I followed them to the station, where they told me that my
conductor mentioned my name during interrogation.”
In his statement, Charles who reportedly shared the same working
place with the leader of the gang, Uche, blamed his involvement on
hunger.
“Uche and I worked together at Atogba garage in Agege. I
decided to assist him to snatch the highlander SUV, which he said would
be sold for N800,000 because I needed money to feed my family as
customers are no longer coming as they used to.
“This is my first time of doing this. We did not use any gun or weapon on the owner; we only took the car and sped off,” he said.
The State Police Public Relations Officer, Dolapo Badmus, while
speaking with journalists over the matter said officials are already on
the trail of the escaped leader, Uche.
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