A 25-year-old man named Ayomide Ibrahim has been arrested in Ogun State, Nigeria for burglary and theft.
Ibrahim was caught stealing aluminium fittings in the Baba Ode area of Iju in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area during a routine patrol by the So-Safe Corps on Thursday.
He confessed to being a member of a robbery gang that specialised in stealing from worship centres in the area.
The suspect also revealed that the items stolen by his gang were sold at a shopping complex in Oshodi, Lagos State.
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The stolen items were transferred to the Nigeria Police for further investigation and likely prosecution.
The State Commander of the Corps, Commander Soji Ganzallo
confirmed the arrest in a statement through the Director of Information and Public Relations, Assistant Commander Moruf Yusuf.
The statement partly read:
“On January 25, 2024, the officers of the corps at Baba Ode Division, Iju, in the Ado Odo Ota Local Government, while on routine patrol apprehended Ayomide Ibrahim, a 25-year-old man while stealing aluminium fittings.
“The suspect confessed to having relocated from Abeokuta to join his accomplice at Baba Ode, Iju. He confessed during preliminary interrogation that the exhibits were stolen from an uncompleted building in Atan and that Biola Adebesin, who was previously arrested by the corps on January 18 was the gang leader and (that) they specialised in burgling and stealing from worship centres.
“The suspect revealed that any church instruments stolen were sold at Arena Shopping Complex in Oshodi, Lagos.”
