Car dealer who specializes in buying stolencars paraded in Lagos

48 year old Alhaji Mahmud Abdulakeen Tanko
(pictured left) has been arrested and paraded
by the Lagos state Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS,
for selling cars he buys from a gang of armed
robbers who specialize in snatching cars in
Abuja. (right are some of the recovered cars)
According to police, Tanko was arrested in
Abuja after a member of the robbery gang that
supplies him with stolen cars was arrested in
Rivers state and confessed. Tanko was
paraded alongside four others identified
as Musa Yusuf, 27, Israel Nana, 30, Moses
Andrel, 25 and Abayomi Adebayo, 53.
According to PM News, when interrogated,
Tanko said he was aware the young men
supplied him with stolen cars but buys them
because they are cheap and helped him
to maximize his profit. He said he was not a
robber for purchasing from the thieves.
Adebayo, one of the gang member who was
arrested in Ayobo, Lagos was responsible for
forging and changing chasis numbers of
vehicles while Anrel who is a Liberian and a
driver with UACN was arrested in Oyo state
and confessed to selling four stolen cars.
Another member of the gang, Nana was
arrested in Rivers state and confessed to
selling two stolen cars.
The Lagos state Police commissioner, CP
Aderanti said they were able to apprehend the
robbers through intensive surveillance,
aggressive patrol and cutting edge technology.
He said 16 cars including a Toyota Camry,
Nissan, Sienna, Outlander Jeeps, Toyota
Sienna, SUVs among others were recovered
from the men.
Source: PM News