I Used Police Uniform To Smuggle Cars From Benin Republic —Suspect Confesses.

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I Used Police Uniform To Smuggle Cars From Benin Republic —Suspect Confesses.

He was arrested in connection with the recovery of two stolen cars found in his possession.

The suspect, a father of five, identified as Alexander Abiodun was arrested in Ijoko area of Ogun State following a confessional statement of an arrested robbery suspect.

The robbery suspect identified asGabriel Asaolu, who was discovered to be a pastor of an undisclosed church in Ogun State, was alleged to have stolen exotic cars from Ogun and Lagos states.

During interrogation, Asaolu reportedly mentioned Abiodun as one of the receivers, which made the Lagos State Commissioner of Police,Umar Manko,to direct operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, to go after him.

Police sources said when the operatives stormed Abiodun’s home at 29, Okegbale Street, in Ijoko, Ogun State, one of the stolen cars, a Toyota Avalon, was recovered. Also recovered in his apartment were Police uniforms with the rank of an Assistant Commissioner of Police and Deputy Superintendent of Police.

Police sources said: “When asked if he was a policeman, he shook his head. Also, an unregistered Acura Legend car suspected to have been stolen, was found in his residence.

During an earlier interrogation,Asaoluconfessed that he sold two stolen vehicles— a Mitsubuishi Montero SUV and a Toyota Avalon car— toAbiodun. But only one of the vehicles was found in Abiodun’s residence while the other was said to have been involved in an accident in Ondo State.

During interrogation, Abiodun said he did not belong to any robbery gang but that he only used the police uniform to smuggle cars from Benin Republic.

According to him, “I got the uniform from a friend named Segun and I used it to smuggle cars from Benin Republic because I am a car dealer.

“All I do whenever I am going to get cars from Cotonou is to hang the ACP uniform in the car. That way, Customs officers, policemen and other security agents would not disturb me along the border because they would assume I am a senior Police officer.