OSUN SECTOR COMMAND HANDED OVER A RECOVERED STOLEN VEHICLE

Osun Sector Command handed over a recovered stolen vehicle (Kia Sportage) to the owner today 11th January 2019. The patrol team of the command while carrying out patrol activities on 22nd December 2018 came across an abandoned vehicle which was parked at the middle of the highway with the two number plates removed, causing obstruction which led to the towing of the vehicle to the office. After several days that nobody came to claim the vehicle, this raised suspicion. The suspicion led to searching of the vehicle for possible contact of the owner. This effort paid off by discovering of the vehicle papers to the vehicle, in which the telephone contact of the owner of the vehicle,one Mrs Aderonke Shijuade of Ife town was discovered. During the conversation with her, she claimed the ownership of the vehicle,she went further that the vehicle was stolen by armed robbers in her compound which was reported to a police station in Ife. The Command got in touch with the DPO of the station, who in turn confirmed her claim(the owner), with an official report.The Command went further to confirm the authenticity of her claim through the FRSC NVIS portal.At the end of the day, the authenticity of her claim was established. After all these, the vehicle was jointly released to the owner by the Command and the police representatives with an acknowledgement letter.