The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Oyo State Command, on Thursday paraded a 55-year-old man for allegedly stealing a Toyota Pienie vehicle.

The corps said the car belonged to one Ibirogba Oluwatobiloba when it paraded the suspect at the command’s Headquarters in Agodi, Ibadan.00:00PreviousPauseNext

The NSCDC Commandant in the state, Mr Michael Adaralewa, said the suspect was arrested with the vehicle on April 29, at Iwo Road area of Ibadan.

Adaralewa said that the suspect met the owner of the vehicle, a commercial driver, at Isagamu and told him that he wanted to carry some goods at Gate area of Ibadan.

According to the commandant, the driver charged the suspect the sum of N20,000 for transporting the said goods and the suspect gave him N4,000 as advance payment.

“When they got to Gate area of Ibadan, the suspect took the driver to a canteen to eat.

“On coming back to the vehicle, he told the driver that he had lost his phone and later asked him to help him check at the canteen where they ate.