Jigawa Police Arrest Man For Stealing Car

Operatives of the Jigawa State Police Command have arrested a 35-year-old man for allegedly stealing a car from a dealer in neighboring Bauchi State.

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Lawan Shi’isu, disclosed this in a statement in Dutse.

According to PUNCH the suspect, a resident of Gwarinpa quarters of the FCT, was arrested at about 11:20 a.m. on Sunday by the police in Birnin Kudu Local Government Area of the state.

“The patrol team from Birnin Kudu Divisional Police Headquarters, arrested a 35-year-old resident of Gwarimpa in the FCT, in possession of a Honda vehicle, white without a registration number, strongly suspected to be stolen”.

According to him, all efforts to stop the driver proved abortive when the patrol men sighted the vehicle at a high speed from a far distance as the driver refused to slow down”.

He added that while trying to dodge the police, the suspect smashed a cyclist, which resulted to the car being hooked and forcefully stopped.

Speaking further, Shi’isu said the suspect, alighted from the car and took to his heels, but was later arrested and brought to the station.

He said that the police had earlier received a distress call from neighboring Bauchi state that three unknown persons went to S. Fawa Motors along Murtala Muhammad Way in Bauchi and pretended to buy the stolen car.

PUNCH