A 22-year-old woman, Azeez Khadijat, has been arrested in Omu-Ijebu over her alleged involvement in repainting a stolen Suzuki minibus. The incident occurred on Sunday, 19 April, at about 4:00 p.m. in a bush along Ikhasi Road, Kajola via Omu, where she and three other suspects were reportedly repainting the vehicle from yellow to white and blue to alter its appearance. The minibus, popularly known as "Korope", had no visible registration number at the scene but was later identified as bearing a Lagos State plate.
Police detectives from the Omu-Ijebu Divisional Headquarters acted on intelligence and arrived at the location, causing the three male suspects to flee. Azeez was found inside the abandoned vehicle and taken into custody. The vehicle and items suspected to belong to the suspects—three handsets, one power bank, one paint can, one sandpaper, and one Type-C charging cord—were recovered.
According to DSP Oluseyi Babaseyi, spokesperson for the Ogun State Police Command, preliminary findings indicate the minibus was used in criminal activities in Lagos State before being moved to Omu-Ijebu for repainting. The case has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) in Eleweran, Abeokuta, for further investigation. CP Bode Ojajuni, Commissioner of Police, praised the officers' swift action and said efforts are ongoing to apprehend the other suspects.
The police commend officers for catching one woman in a bush repainting a stolen minibus, yet three suspects escaped with phones and tools in hand. The vehicle was allegedly used in crimes in Lagos, raising questions about how far it had operated before being intercepted in Omu-Ijebu. If the minibus was already engaged in criminal activity, its movement across state lines suggests gaps in inter-state vehicle monitoring. The ease of altering its identity points to weaknesses in tracking stolen vehicles across jurisdictions.
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