Crime

By Omolara Adasofunjo 

The Ogun State Community, Social Orientation and Safety Corps codenamed So-Safe Corps, has arrested one Ayomide Ibrahim for burglary and theft.

In a statement by the State Commander of the Corps, Dr Soji Ganzallo through the Office of the Director of Information and Public Relations of the Corps, Mr Moruf Yusuf.

He noted that on 25th of January, 2024 the officers of the Corps at Baba Ode Division, Iju, in Ado Odo Ota Local Government, while on routine patrol apprehended Ayomide Ibrahim, a 25-year-old man while stealing aluminium fittings. 

Dr Ganzallo maintained that the suspect confessed to have relocated from Abeokuta to join his accomplice at Baba Ode, Iju. 

According to him, 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 18th January is their gang leader and they specialises in burgling and stealing from worship centres. 

Dr Ganzallo also said that the suspect revealed that any church instruments stolen were sold at Arena Shopping Complex in Oshodi, Lagos.

He however, noted that the suspect and the recovered exhibits had been transferred to the Nigeria Police Force, Onipaanu Divisional Police Headquarters for further investigation and prosecution. 

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Crime

The officers and men of the SO-SAFE Corps has arrested a man, Zeniteni Sojineh for allegedly stealing a motorcycle on farmland at Ileba, Ilaro, in Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun state.

The Director of Information and Public Relations of the Corps, Mr. Moruf Yusuf said in a statement in Abeokuta that the suspect had joined the team to conduct search for the stolen motorcycle.

Mr Yusuf pointed out that it was in the process of the search that the suspect was found out to be the culprit of the crime.

He explained that the suspect allegedly confessed voluntary to the crime and took the officers and men of the corps to the place where he had used grass to cover the motorcycle.

Mr Yusuf said the suspect had been transferred to the Nigeria Police Force, Ilaro Divisional Police Headquarters for further investigation and prosecution.

Olusegun Folarin