Bola Salami, 29, Opeyemi Aregbesola, 25, and Ogunleye Lati were paraded for car theft on Friday.
The duo of Salami and Aregbesola were out of luck when they were arrested on December 2, 2015 for stealing a red 2010 Toyota Camry.
SPEAKING TO SATURDAY PUNCH , AREGBESOLA, WHO HAILS FROM OSUN STATE, SAID HE WAS INTO PHONE THEFT BEFORE HE DECIDED TO GET INVOLVED IN CAR SNATCHING SO HE COULD RAISE MORE MONEY. HE BEGAN, “SOMEBODY TOLD ME HE WAS IN NEED OF A VEHICLE, SO MY FRIEND AND I DECIDED TO SNATCH ONE FOR HIM.I WANTED TO MAKE MORE MONEY, THAT WAS WHY I AGREED TO SUPPLY THE VEHICLE.“ON THE PARTICULAR DAY, MY FRIEND AND I WERE PASSING THROUGH THE OFADA STREET, OLORUNSOGO, IN MUSHIN (LAGOS STATE) WHEN WE SAW THE OPPORTUNITY AND WE JUMPED AT IT. WHAT WE HAD IN MIND WAS TO GO AND SNATCH PHONES, WHICH WAS WHAT WE HAD BEEN DOING BEFORE. BUT WHEN WE GOT TO THAT STREET AND SAW THE CAMRY, WE JUST REMEMBERED THAT SOMEBODY HAD TOLD US HE NEEDED SUCH CAR. THAT WAS WHEN WE DECIDED TO SNATCH THE CAR.”
