Police Arrest Man For Attempting To Sell His Former Employer's Car In Lagos

A man identified as Ada Joseph has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command's Rapid Response Squad (RRS) over his alleged attempt to sell his former employer's car.

The command in a statement on Friday, October 11, 2024, said the suspect claimed he wanted to sell the car in order to raise money for his father's burial.

“Around 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS), who were acting on intelligence arrested one Ada Joseph, 27 in Ikeja, Lagos for trying to sell his former boss car,” the statement read.

"Ada stole the former boss’s Toyota Camry, 2015 model from where it was parked in Osapa, London, Lekki, Lagos around 7:00 a.m. By 11:00 a.m. he was in Alausa Central Business District to sell the vehicle to a willingly buyer.

"The employer had sometime in June, 2024 sacked Ada after about a year of working with him.

"Unknown to boss, Ada, his driver had hatched a plan and duplicated the car key.

"The suspect confessed to the crime and disclosed that he wanted to use the proceeds of the sale to bury his late father.

“The owner was later alerted, and both the suspect as well as the recovered vehicle have been transferred to the State Command for further investigation”