Car thief arrested while trying to sell former employer’s car

Abdullateef Fowewe

Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a 27-year-old Ada Joseph, in Ikeja, for trying to sell his former boss’ car.

The suspect, upon arrest, confessed to the crime and disclosed that he wanted to use the proceeds of the sale to bury his late father.

This was gathered through the RRS X (formally Twitter) account on Friday.

According to the RRS statement, Ada stole the former boss’s Toyota Camry, 2015 model from where it was parked in Osapa, London, Lekki, Lagos, around 7:00 a.m, revealing that by 11:00 a.m the suspect was in Alausa Central Business District to sell the vehicle to a willing buyer.

The squad said, “Around 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS), who were acting on intelligence arrested one Ada Joseph, 27 in Ikeja, Lagos for trying to sell his former boss’s car.

“The suspect confessed to the crime and disclosed that he wanted to use the proceeds of the sale to bury his late father.

“The owner was later alerted, and both the suspect as well as the recovered vehicle have been transferred to the State Command for further investigation.

“The employer had sometime in June 2024 sacked Ada after about a year of working with him. Unknown to the boss, Ada and his driver had hatched a plan and duplicated the car key.”