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A man suspected to be a thief has met his Waterloo as he was found dead under a parked vehicle at a mechanic workshop in Ago Egun area of Idiroko border, Ipokia Local Government Area of Ogun State.
PLATFORM TIMES gathered that the deceased whose identity could not be ascertained was reportedly found under the vehicle with a hydraulic jack and spanners, confirming the speculations that he was about removing some parts of the vehicle when he died.
The cause of the death could not be confirmed as of the time of filing this report.
However, it was rumoured that the jack he used in lifting the vehicle failed and the vehicle fell on him, leading to his death.
The Commander of the Ogun State Government-owned So-Safe Corps, Soji Ganzalo, confirmed that the Idiroko Division of the Corps reported the matter
Ganzallo said “while on routine patrol, a dead body of a man suspected to be on a theft mission was found with an hydraulic jack and and some set of spanners.”
Ganzalo said the man was suspectedly trying to force himself out under the long abandoned car marked, PKA 579 AA, when he gave up the ghost.
He said the body was discovered at about 6pm at Ago Egun on Thursday.
Ganzallo said, “Preliminary investigation revealed that the vehicle has been allegedly abandoned and neglected at the scene of the incident, which happens to be a deserted mechanic workshop for almost two years, but all efforts of the owner of the land to get the mechanic engineer to take the car away from the space proved abortive.
“The body of the deceased and the items found at the scene – a red colour hydraulic and scissor jacks, and some sets of spanners, were taken to the Nigeria Police, Idiroko Divisional Headquarters for further investigation and likely prosecution.”.
The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, could not be reached .
