By Olamide FAKEYE
Operatives of the Nigeria Police, Ogun State Command have arrested a five-man burglary and stealing gang operating in Igbeba axis of Ijebu in the state.
According to the state command’s spokesperson, SP Omolola Odutola, reports from the Divisional Police Officer, had it that complaints had come in from victims of shop burglary who were still counting their loses due to items burgled from an electronic shop sometime in September, 2024 and several other burglary in October.
“Following the outcry of inundated complaints, ranging from stealing of cables, vandalization of transformers and carting away properties of owners in a living house in their absence, on the 4th of October , 2024, at about 8:30 pm, the police at Igbeba Police Station received information regarding a member of a syndicate involved in burglarizing shops and stealing AMOR cable wires from transformers in Ijebu Ode and surrounding areas and swung into action.
“This suspected burglars who had been evading arrest were identified and spotted at the Ijebu Ilese Toll Gate.
“Acting on this information, a team of detectives promptly responded and apprehended the first suspect, Emmanuel M., also known as “Ozon,” a 32-year-old resident of Emurin Ijebu Ode.
“During questioning, Emmanuel confessed to being part of the burglary syndicate and provided information that led to the arrest of a second suspect, Samuel Sunday Idoko, a 39-year-old from Iwesi Street, Ijebu Ode.
“The third suspect is Tolulope Ilesanmi, a 21-year-old from No. 4 Ilepa Street, Ilese Ijebu. The fourth suspect, Sanusi Daniel, is a 29-year-old living near a primary school in Epe, Lagos, and the fifth suspect is Ogunkoya Victor, also known as “Emo,” a 20-year-old from Gloria School, Iyana Cele, Ijagun Road, Ijebu Ode.
“These suspects confessed to having burglarized an electronics store owned by Anayo Sunday James at Bobadara Junction, Igbeba Road, Ijebu Ode, on February 20, 2024, as well as stealing AMOR cable wires from transformers on Igbeba Road and other locations in Ijebu Ode.
“During a search, burglary tools were recovered from Samuel Sunday Idoko’s residence, including an iron cutter, drilling machine, cutting machine, hammer, school driver, and iron chisel.
“The suspects are currently undergoing further interrogation, and efforts are ongoing to apprehend the remaining fugitives and recover additional stolen items”, Odutola disclosed.
