The Ogun State Community, Social Orientation and Safety Corps, codenamed So-Safe Corps, has arrested two men for burgling a residential building where they stole items.
This was contained in a press statement issued by the office of the State Commander of the Corps, Commander (Dr) Soji Ganzallo through the Office of the Director of Information and Public Relations of the Corps, Assistant Commander Moruf Yusuf.
The statement read that the officers of the corps in Ado-Odo/Ota Zonal Command, under AC Tajudeen Odunmbaku, while acting on information, were deployed to Agoro community to counter burglary taking place in the axis.
According to Ganzallo, at about 1am on Thursday, February 22, 2024, there was an emergency call from the community for a prompt response of the Corps, which made the officers to swing into action promptly.
Their efforts yielded fruits as they intercepted the two suspects, Toyeeb Yekini and Ajie Victor, on a motorcycle at about 1:26am.
Ganzallo said that the apprehended suspects confessed to having come to the said area almost two hours before the burglary took place.
They also admitted stealing a 7.5kva alternator diesel generator put off by them while in use.
Ganzallo further said that the generator was recovered from where it was kept at Ilepa in Ifo Local Government Area.
Ganzallo explained that the apprehended suspects confessed further that they decided to return to carry out the second criminal act to steal a petrol generator in the same generator room, before they were stopped on the road by officers of the corps.
The apprehended suspects revealed that there was a man otherwise called Ndomie at Ijako who bought the stolen items.
Other suspects named as members of their gang included Omo Wise, Mtn, Foldest and Shuaib.
Ganzallo said that the suspects and the exhibits had been transferred to the Nigeria Police Force, Sango Divisional Police Headquarters for further investigation.
