A notorious car thief who specialized in
drugging his victims before stealing their
vehicles within Abuja, Benue and Kogi States,
has been arrested by operatives of the
Inspector- General of Police Special
Intelligence Response team.
Eight vehicles suspected to have been stolen
from the suspect's victims have been
recovered.
The suspect is currently on
detention at the Force Headquarters, Abuja...
According to Vanguard, The 49-year-old
suspect while confessing to the crime, said;
“I am Garuba Ibrahim, 49. I am from
Otukpo area of Benue State. I am
married with four children. I deal on
fairly used shoes and I buy my shoes
from Jos, Plateau State but in the
year 2013, I went into selling cars. I
used to go to Cotonou through Birini-
Kebbi, but when my father died, I was
asked to come home. When I got
there, the elders told me that my
father said I should stay at home
before he died. Before that, there was
an arraignment I had with my sister
that if I should stay at home, they will
pay me N100, 000 monthly. I stayed
until 2015, the money stopped
coming. Then, I was into farming of
kola nut, maize and I harvested it. I
made over N330, 000. I gave my
family N50, 000, and I took the rest to
Birini Kebbi where I went into car
business. Gains from car business:
As soon as I went into the business, I
started making huge profits from it. I
was into buying and selling of
vehicles. Then one day, I took a
vehicle from Makurdi to Gboko and
offered the driver food. I bought
Semovita and soup and drugged it
without the driver’s knowledge. We
then drove to the secretariat and he
started eating. As soon as he tasted
the food, he started feeling dizzy. I
brought his floor mat and he slept on
it. Before then, I asked him to give me
his car key to scratch my ear which he
willingly obliged. I then drove the car,
a Golf 3 station wagon, down to
Otukpo and gave it to a man they call
Chiama. I sold it to him for N500,
000. Fourteen days later, I travelled to
Abuja and took a cab to Sheraton
hotel. When we got there, I paid him
and asked that he should wait for
me.
I went to the swimming pool, sat
down there and when I got out, I
asked him to take me to another
hotel. When we got there, I paid for a
room and we went inside. Then we
decided to get something to eat. After
that, he bought bread and I bought
some other items. When we went back
to the hotel and we were about eating,
I bought a packet of biscuit and
cleverly drugged it. I also bought a
bottle of beer and offered him one of
the drugged slices of biscuit and he
ate it. Thirty minutes later, he slept
off. I took the key to the car, a Toyota
Picnic and drove off. I took the car to
Kano and sold it to one Abdulraman
for N600, 000. I found two phones in
the car and gave one to my mother in-
law and a sister to my wife. The man
who taught me the trick of drugging
my victim is Ibrahim Dogo from
Sokoto state.”
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