The Ekiti State Police Command has arrested three suspects over alleged motorcycle theft and recovered seven suspected stolen motorcycles in separate operations across the state.
The suspects are Mustapha Lekan, 38, from Osun State, who was arrested for allegedly stealing motorcycles, and Blessing Adebiyi and Ogunbayo Adebiyi, who were apprehended for allegedly receiving stolen motorcycles.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Sunday Abutu, disclosed this in a statement made available in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday.
He said the suspects were arrested in Ado Ekiti, Ido Ekiti and Ilogbo Ekiti on Saturday.
Giving details of the operation, Abutu said, “On Saturday, 18th July, 2026, at about 2 p.m., operatives of the Command’s Violent Crime Response Unit, acting on credible intelligence, received information that a suspect had stolen a red Bajaj motorcycle around the Olaoluwa Muslim Grammar School area, Ado-Ekiti, and was fleeing towards the Ilawe Road axis.
“The VCRU patrol team, who
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