Police operatives in Ogun State have arrested one Olalekan Babatunde for allegedly breaking into a shop in the Ogijo area of the state and stealing items such as a generator, laptop and others worth N729,000, PUNCH Metro has learnt.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, disclosed the arrest in a telephone conversation with PUNCH Metro on Tuesday.
Odutola noted that the suspect was arrested after the shop owner had reported the burglary to the police, prompting immediate action from men of the Ogijo Division.
Upon his arrest, the suspect was said to have confessed to the crime.
Odutola narrated, “On 24/06/24 at about 1755hrs, a resident of Alaba Sloppy in Ogijo, reported to the station that on 23/06/24 at about 1950hrs, he discovered that his shop in the Oke-Oko area of Ogijo had been broken into by unknown thief or thieves.
“The stolen items included an HP laptop valued at N200,000, a big generator valued at N500,000, a 3kg gas cylinder valued at N12,000, and an MP.3 player valued at N17,000, with a total value of stolen items amounting to N729,000.
“One Olalekan Babatunde, ‘M’, aged 29, was suspected of involvement. Immediately, police detectives swung into action and promptly responded, thereby arresting the suspect, who later confessed to the crime.”
She added that an investigation had commenced into the matter while stressing that the suspect would be prosecuted upon the conclusion of the investigation.
“An investigation is ongoing, and upon completion, the suspect will be charged to court to face his prosecution,” the PPRO concluded.
PUNCH Metro reported on January 28 that operatives of the Ogun State Community, Social Orientation and Safety Corps codenamed So-Safe arrested one Ayomide Ibrahim for allegedly stealing aluminium fittings.
The state commandant of the corps, Soji Ganzallo, disclosed that the suspect, a 25-year-old man, was arrested in the Atan Ota area of the Ado-Odo Ota Local Government Area of the state by the So-Safe operatives on routine patrol of the area.
He added that the suspect who was said to have relocated from Abeokuta to join his accomplice in perpetuating the act, confessed that he stole the exhibits from an uncompleted building.
