30-year-old Abdullahi Sabo who is a car wash worker has been arrested for absconding with a customer’s car.
Abdullahi was arrested in Daura, Katsina State with the stolen vehicle following a complaint from a resident of Badawa Quarters in Kano that a car wash operator absconded with her Honda Accord 2017 model car.
The state police spokesperson, Abdullahi Kiyawa said;
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“On the 30/11/2021 at about 1400hrs, a report was received from a resident of Badawa Quarters Kano, that, on the same date at about 1200hrs, she took her Motor Vehicle, Honda Accord 2017 Model, valued Eight Million Five Hundred Thousand Naira (N8,500,000:00) to a Carwash located at Maidile Quarters, Kumbotso LGA, Kano State.
“When she went back, she discovered that the motor vehicle and the carwash cleaner are nowhere to be found.
“On preliminary investigation, the owner of the Carwash was invited. He claimed to have hired the service of one Abdullahi, without knowing his identity. He left him alone based on trust at the carwash centre where he made away with the said customer’s Motor Vehicle.”
Kiyawa revealed that the suspect confessed to stealing the vehicle at the said car wash in Kano where he was hired, with the intention of selling it.
