A Police Inspector
attached to B-OPS of Traffic Department, Ikeja, Lagos, was detained in a cell
at Ikeja Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) for allegedly selling a large number
of seized commercial motorcycles (Okada) for N10,000 and N20,000 each.
The suspect, identified as Michael
Oguche, originates from Benue State. He was the master-mind of the illegal
business.
According to police sources of P.M.News,
the owners of the seized motorcycles saw their impounded motorcycles being used
by other riders recently at Ikeja areas of the city.
When the new owners were questioned
about how they got the motorcycles, the buyers said they bought the motorcycles
from a police Inspector working at the Ikeja Command.
The angry owners of the motorcycles
stormed Lagos State Police Command to lodge complaints.
This led to arrest of Michael Oguche on
September 19, 2013, Thursday. The suspect allegedly made a confessional
statement that he was actually sold some of the seized motorcycles.
The suspect was said to have used the
money he made from selling the motorcycles to buy a van two months ago.
It has been learnt that the suspect had
customers in other states, where he sold a number of seized motorcycles.
It would be noted that the police
impounded thousands of motorcycles following the implementation of the new
Lagos traffic law since last year. An aspect of the traffic law restricts
commercial motorcycles from plying major roads in the state. The police
routinely impound motorcycles from riders who flout the law.
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