Lagos car washer absconds with customer’s car, arrested in Ogun

Police in Ogun State have arrested a Lagos car washer who absconded with a Toyota Venza car given to him to wash.

The suspect, Kazeem Olanrewaju, was reportedly arrested during a routine patrol by the Divisional Police Officer, Idiroko Division, Shadrach Oriloye.

He was said to have been seen with the car without a number plate, driven in a suspicious manner.

He refused to stop when he was flagged down. He was pursued by the police and apprehended.

The police who searched the vehicle found the number plate in the car.

On interrogation, he confessed that he was working with a car wash in FESTAC Town, Lagos State, and that he was given the car by a customer to wash while the owner went to a nearby barbing saloon to have his hair cut.

Before the arrival of the owner of the car, the suspect said he had driven the vehicle away.

The suspect said he was actually moving to neighbouring Benin Republic with the car when he was stopped by the DPO and his men.

The Commissioner of Police, Edward Awolowo Ajogun, has ordered an investigation into the case before handing the suspect over to the Lagos State Police Command for prosecution.