A 25-year-old arrested car thief suspect, Meshach Isinugo a.k.a Big Shark, has denied the allegation of stealing a Mercedes Benz from a car dealer, saying that he only drove the car from Abuja to Delta State.
A car dealer, Mohammed Manga reported that a customer, Henry, absconded with one of his cars, a Mercedes Benz GLB 250 vehicle worth over N55m in the Abuja area of the Federal Capital Territory during a test drive.
Big Shark said he decided to quickly use the car when the dealer, who sat in the passenger seat during test driving, didn’t return quickly after stepping out for cash withdrawal to buy fuel in a filling station, Nigerian Tribune reported on Tuesday.
The state Commissioner of Police, Wale Abass, at a press briefing, said that before the suspect’s arrest, the command received a complaint from a car dealer in Abuja, simply identified as Rilwan, on July 3 that a vehicle, a Mercedes Benz saloon car 2021 model, was stolen from his car stand by Big Shark who disguised as an intending buyer. The dealer told the police that the suspect absconded with the said vehicle during a test drive on June 30.
