Driver and security guard arrested while attempting to sell their boss's car

Thursday, May 23, 2024 -The Lagos state police command has arrested two men while attempting to sell their boss's Toyota Highlander to a car dealer. 

According to the spokesperson of the command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the suspects identified as Galadima Adamu and Abubakar Lawal, had approached the car dealer to sell the vehicle to him for N3 million. The car dealer while doing his due diligence called the number on the vehicle documents and discovered that the suspects were actually the driver and security guard of the car owner. The car dealer alerted the police and the suspects were arrested.

Hundeyin wrote;

''Be like Nonso!

Nonso (not real name) is a car dealer. One day, Galadima Adamu and Abubakar Lawal brought a Toyota Highlander to Nonso, offering to sell it for N3 million.

Nonso called the number on the vehicle documents for confirmation, which led to the discovery that the men are the driver and security guard of the owner of the vehicle. They had indeed stolen the car some days earlier. Vehicle has been recovered, suspects in custody and prosecution follows.

Nonso is a smart man. Be like Nonso!'