The command’s spokesperson, CSP Abdullahi Kiyawa, disclosed that the gold-coloured Hyundai, with registrationnumber LAGOS AA 444 BL, was stolen on October 25 while its owner, Uchenna Emmanuel, was attending a churchservice at St Thomas Church, Airport Road, Kano.
According to Kiyawa, Emmanuel, a resident of Sabon Gari Quarters, reported that he parked the vehicle at the churcharound 11 a.m. but discovered it was missing after the service.
Following the report, operatives of the command’s Special Intervention Squad launched an intelligence-led search for thevehicle on the directive of the Commissioner of Police, CP Ibrahim Adamu Bakori.
The police spokesperson said the vehicle was discovered parked within the premises of Aminu Kano Teaching Hospitalon October 26. However, efforts to identify the person who brought it there proved unsuccessful.
He added that operatives laid an ambush in an attempt to apprehend the individual responsible for parking the vehicle, butnobody showed up to claim it.
The vehicle was eventually recovered on October 28 and taken to the squad’s office for investigation before being handedover to its owner.
