Two individuals were apprehended by the Ogun State Police Command on allegations of stealing a live turkey, half-bag of rice, palm oil, noodles, and various food items.
The collaboration between the Ogun State Police Command and the So-Safe Corps led to their arrest in the Oke-Ejigbo neighborhood of Abeokuta, the capital of the state, on Sunday.
Kolawole Shobowale and Moruf Soyoye were identified as the alleged thieves by the Ogun State police spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, who said they had been terrorising and breaking into homes and businesses in Oke-Ejigbo.
Kolawole and Moruf were arrested around 6:30 am yesterday with the help of intelligence received from Commander Lawal Mudashiru of the So-Safe Corps.
A So-Safe Corps officer allegedly saw a three-person gang and pursued them to their homes after learning that one of the suspects had a bloody leg and was carrying a live turkey.
The So-Safe Corps operative was said to have cordoned off the houses of the suspects, leading to the arrest of two of them, as one escaped.
Odutola stated that “those arrested have confessed to the crime.”
She listed the items recovered from their houses to include one live turkey, kegs of palm oil, kegs of vegetable oil, a half bag of rice, Indomie noodles, macaroni, detergents, toothpaste, phones, GOtv decoder, sacks of clothes, insecticide, soaps among other foodstuffs and home use commodities.
Reportedly, inhabitants of Oke-Ejigbo flocked to the Oke-Itoku Police Division to identify whether any of the items were theirs.
Odutola mentioned that the case would be forwarded to the State CIID for a more in-depth inquiry and potential legal action.
