21-Year-Old Scavenger Arrested For Burglary In Ogun

 21-year-old Ibrahim Adamu , who is a scavenger, has been arrested by the police and taken into custody in Ogun state.

He was arrested for burglary.

 Ibrahim   has been accused of breaking into homes in Itele Awori Local Government and stealing people’s properties.

Team@orientactualmags.com learned that spokesperson for the police in the state,  SP Omolola Odutola, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Sunday.

Ibrahim Adamu,  she noted,  had broken into people’s houses in their absence to steal their valuables.

‘The Police Division in Itele Awori has arrested 21-year-old Ibrahim Adamu, who disguised himself as a scavenger who collects iron scraps, with some items believed to be stolen.

 He  has confessed that there are two of them who do break into houses of unsuspecting members of the public in their absence to steal their valuables’ the statement added.

She noted that during the arrest, Adamu’s accomplice, called Azonto, escaped but the police have since launched a manhunt to get him arrested.

‘The other fleeing suspect identified as Azonto, said to  hail from Adamawa, and an orphan who works on condemned iron scraps (same as Adamu) is currently at large, he escaped while the policemen gave him a hot chase but could not be found. Our men have launched a manhunt in order to apprehend him’ she said.

Odutola noted that after Ibrahim was arrested , cops searched  the sack he was  carrying and discovered some items that were believed to have been stolen.

‘When the policemen searched the sack that  the suspect was carrying, some of the items recovered, were seven ceiling fans, blades and cable wires, when he was arrested and taken to the station, he played dumb and was unable to provide  satisfactory information on how he came about the items in his possession’ she added.

The statement added that the suspect was not caught with any dangerous weapon except for the household items which did not appear damaged while he was immediately handed over to the police investigation department for further investigation and prosecution.

‘No dangerous weapon or gun was found on him, just the sack containing the items mentioned above and from careful observation, the items are not condemned or disposed of by the owner but vandalized useful items.

The suspect has been handed over to State Criminal Investigation Departments for discreet investigations, and once investigation is concluded, we will prefer charges against him’ the statement concluded-Team@orientactualmags.com
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