A man who is being made to face the law over a
criminal charge, has made a rather shocking
confession.
Rasheed Ayuba is a 42-year-old Islamic cleric who
has been arrested in Ogun State.
has been arrested in Ogun State.
The man was arrested by the Lagos State Police
Command for alleged car theft.
According to Punch Metro, Ayuba, who hails from
Igbesa, Ogun State, was apprehended along with a
transporter in Ibadan, Oyo State, Falade Igbekele,
who reportedly bought six of the stolen cars.
It was learnt that a bunch of master keys and
about 13 other car keys, as well as charms, were
recovered from Ayuba.
Punch Metro reports that the suspect, who also
teaches at an Arabic school in Ishasi, Lagos, was
caught sometime in June after he entered into a
hotel in the Ikotun area to steal a Toyota Camry
parked on the premises.
He was driving out the car when he was caught by
vigilantes in the neighbourhood, who handed him
over to officials of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad.
Ayuba reportedly told the police that he bought the
master keys for N9,000 from one John, a
Beninoise.
He said, “I finished from an Arabic school in Ikotun
and started teaching Arabic in Ishasi. At about
11pm on June 8, I went to a hotel around Ile-Iwe
bus stop to steal a Toyota Camry. But I was
arrested by the security guards in the area.
“I got the master keys I used from John, who is
from Benin Republic. We met in 2013 in Lagos and
he sold the master keys to me. Since then, I had
been using them to steal cars. I usually sold the
cars to my customers in Ibadan. One of them is
Falade (Igbekele) to whom I sold six cars, and
Friday, who bought a Toyota Camry.
“It was only four cars I had stolen this year before I
was arrested. I sold a Toyota Camry to one pastor
Dare for N100,000, and a Honda for N80,000 to
another pastor. But pastor Dare had just paid me
N50,000. They all knew I stole the cars.”
Fifty-two-year-old Igbekele confessed to have
bought six cars from Ayuba, saying a friend
introduced him to Ayuba.
The indigene of Ondo State added that he used
some of the vehicles for commercial purpose.
“I knew Alfa Ayuba through a friend called Lucky
Star. Lucky told me Alfa sells vehicles and I said I
had interest in buying them. He had sold six
vehicles to me so far, including a Nissan Sunny
and a Nissan Primero. I bought them for N150,000
each.
“I bought all the cars from Alfa three years ago. He
told me he stole them and I asked if I would not
get into trouble; he said yes,” Igbekele said.
While the police said they were on the trail of the
other accomplices, Ayuba and Igbekele were
brought before an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court on
Wednesday on six counts bordering on stealing
and receiving stolen property.
The police prosecutor, Sergeant Donjor Perezi, told
the court that the offences were punishable under
sections 98, 285 (10), 326 (a) (b) and 409 of the
Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
The defendants, however, pleaded not guilty to the
charges before the presiding magistrate, Mrs. O.A.
Olayinka, and were admitted to bail in the sum of
N500,000 each with two sureties each in like sum.
The case was adjourned till November 8, 2016.
Rasheed Ayuba and Falade Igbekele
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