{"id":57259,"date":"2024-11-28T15:54:54","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T15:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=57259"},"modified":"2024-11-28T15:54:54","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T15:54:54","slug":"police-arrests-two-over-car-theft-in-kwara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/11\/28\/police-arrests-two-over-car-theft-in-kwara\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Arrests Two Over Car Theft In Kwara"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Gabriella Ogbu<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Kwara State Police Command has arrested two individuals linked to the theft of a Toyota Camry, which was stolen in Lagos and recovered in Ilorin.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicle, registered as APP 443 CX, was discovered last Friday at a spare parts dealer&#8217;s shop in the Ipata-Oloje area of Ilorin after being stolen from a parking lot in Lagos.<\/p>\n<p>According to Police Public Relations Officer, Ejire-Adeyemi Toun, the suspects, Gabiyu Lawal (43) and Ademola Waheed (45), were apprehended on November 22, 2024, following a tip-off from the dealer.<\/p>\n<p>Upon inspecting the car, authorities found a phone number associated with the vehicle&#8217;s rightful owner, Mr. Ajibade Abel of Lagos, who confirmed the car had been reported stolen.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects admitted to buying the car for a suspiciously low sum of \u20a6400,000 with plans to sell it for \u20a61,000,000 in Ilorin.<\/p>\n<p>Police investigations are ongoing to track down other members of the criminal network involved.<\/p>\n<p>Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Victor Olaiya, commended the public for their vigilance and urged continued cooperation to ensure the safety of the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Gabriella Ogbu The Kwara State Police Command has arrested two individuals linked to the theft of a Toyota Camry, which was stolen in Lagos and recovered in Ilorin. The vehicle, registered as APP 443 CX, was discovered last Friday at a spare parts dealer&#8217;s shop in the Ipata-Oloje area of Ilorin after being stolen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":57260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[181],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57259"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57261,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57259\/revisions\/57261"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}