The Ogun State Police Command announced on Thursday that its officers attached to the Igbeba Division, Ijebu-Ode, had detained five suspects.
The suspects were identified as 32-year-old Emmanuel, also known as Ozon, who lived in Emurin, Ijebu Ode; Samuel Sunday Idoko, 39, from Iwesi Street, Ijebu Ode; Tolulope Ilesanmi, 21 years old, from No. 4, Ilepa Street, Ilese Ijebu; Sanusi Daniel, 29, from Epe, Lagos State; and Ogunkoya Victor, 20, from Ijagun Road, Ijebu Ode.
The statement was sent to journalists and included information about the arrests.
Odutola said officers at the division said that there had been complaints from victims of shop burglary who were still counting their losses due to items stolen from an electronic shop sometime in September and several other similar incidents in October.
She said that the police had also been inundated with complaints, ranging from stealing of cables, vandalisation of transformers, and theft of property from houses after the residents had gone to work.
Odutola said “However, 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 burglarising shops and stealing AMOR cable wires from transformers in Ijebu Ode and surrounding areas.
“These 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.”
According to reports, these individuals admitted to robbing Anayo Sunday James’ electronics store at Bobadara Junction, Igbeba Road, Ijebu Ode, on February 20, 2024. They also admitted to taking AMOR cable wires from transformers on Igbeba Road and other places in Ijebu Ode.
An iron cutter, drilling machine, cutting machine, hammer, screwdriver, and iron chisel were among the burglary equipment discovered in Idoko’s home, according to the police.
More questioning of the suspects is reportedly taking place, and efforts are being made to capture the remaining fugitives and retrieve more stolen property.
