Police arrest four over alleged truck hijacking in Oyo

Oyo State Police Command has revealed that its men have arrested no fewer than four people for allegedly hijacking a truck in the state.

The command noted that members of the syndicate had been terrorising innocent citizens in both Oyo and Kwara states.

The command made these declarations in a statement signed by its Public Relations Officer, Olayinka Ayanlade.

The statement was made available to DAILY POST on Sunday.

Ayanlade, in the statement, explained that the suspects were arrested following credible intelligence.

He added that the suspects specialise in hijacking, diverting and stealing vehicles.

Ayanlade, who spoke further, explained that efforts are ongoing to recover the detached back body of the truck.

He also revealed that the command is working to apprehend other members of the syndicate who are still at large.

Ayanlade said in the statement: “Acting on the directive, operatives of the VCRU swung into action and successfully intercepted a white-coloured SINO HOWO truck and arrested two male suspects, identified as Ojedokun Olakunle Isaac, the motor boy attached to the driver of the truck, and his accomplice, Ajuwon Ismail.

“The recovered truck had already had its back body/bucket removed and was being driven towards the Ogbomoso/Ilorin axis for onward delivery and sale to a criminal receiver.

“His confession provided further leads which enabled operatives to track and arrest two other members of the syndicate, identified as Adekunle Sunday and Rasheed.”