I’m not a car thief, I only drove it from Abuja to Delta without permission — Suspect

<p>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.</p>, <p>PUNCH Metro reported, 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.</p>, <p>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.</p>, <p>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.</p>, <p>“Armed with available intelligence, operatives of the CP Decoy Squad stormed Ughelli town at about 0115hours (1:15 am) of 3/7/2023 and recovered the said Mercedes Benz abandoned in a bush along Oteri Road by Doctors Quarters Ughelli North Local Government Area,” the CP said.</p>, <p>The suspect, who gave a bit of his background said that Big Shark was a childhood nickname that he grew up with.</p>, <p>Big Shark said, “I’m from Ughelli in Delta State, but I live in Abuja. I’m into foreign exchange and bureau de change business. I have been doing this since when I was seven. I started along that line when I was in secondary school. My business is at Istanbul Airport, Turkey, so I used to shuttle between there and Nigeria. I started it there in 2021. I returned from Istanbul in May after the general elections.</p>, <p>“I was arrested on July 6 for car theft af