The Oyo State Police Command on Thursday paraded three men who allegedly specialised in hijacking fuel-laden tankers along Oyo-Ilorin Expressway, Ogbomoso, at gunpoint.
The State Commissioner of Police, CP, Mr. Leye Oyebade, who paraded the suspects at the Police headquarters at Eleyele, Ibadan, said they were arrested after they had snatched an Iveco truck with number plates XT 643 FKJ at Gbede Village, Ogbomoso.
According to the CP, the suspects also carried out series of other robbery operations along the same road in the past.
One of the suspects, Dauda Akanji, while speaking with newsmen, narrated how they operate, saying they had successfully hijacked two petrol-laden tankers in the past before they were caught by the police last week.
The 42-year-old said: “We had successfully hijacked two trucks in the past along this same road.
“Whenever the six of us sight an unsuspecting truck laden with petrol, we make sure we pursue the driver after which one of us will climb the truck and demobilise the pedal.
“Thereafter, the drivers will have no choice but to stop and on sighting us they run away, leaving behind the keys to the truck; we then drive the trucks to where we sell the products to our receivers at cheaper rates
“I was led into the act out of frustration because I was not doing well in my spare parts business,” Akanji added.
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