The Ogun State Neighborhood, Social Orientation and Security Corps, in any other case generally known as So-Protected Corps, has arrested 18-year-old Abdullahi Idowu, an ex-convict and Samson Ojo, aged 17, for theft of a generator’s engine elements on the Idiroko border space in Ipokia Native Authorities Space of the state.
The corps commander of the state government-established safety outfit, Soji Ganzallo, mentioned this in a press release by the Director of Info and Public Relations, Assistant Commander, Moruf Yusuf, on Tuesday.
The assertion learn, “Abdullahi Idowu, 18, a resident of the Babaloke space, Idiroko, and Samson Ojo, 17, residing at Etikoto, Ikolaje space, Idiroko—had been apprehended round 10:30 p.m. on November 17, 2024. Each areas fall below the Ipokia Native Authorities Space.
‘The suspects had been caught throughout a joint routine patrol by the Particular Squad and the Idiroko Divisional Workforce of the corps, led by Chief Superintendent Abdulkareem Abdulrazaq.
“Upon their arrest, they had been discovered with two luggage containing stolen generator engine elements.”
Ganzallo revealed {that a} preliminary investigation uncovered that Idowu is an ex-convict who beforehand served a jail time period within the Benin Republic.
Throughout interrogation, the ex-convict was mentioned to have confessed to stealing the generator engine elements from the Idiroko border space and admitted to stealing a big battery the earlier Friday, which he offered to a scrap supplier.
The suspects had been mentioned to have been taken to the scene of the theft in Idiroko, the place it was confirmed that the stolen generator elements belonged to a customs workplace. Extra elements of the generator had been found in a close-by bush.
Ganzallo additional acknowledged that the suspects, together with the recovered gadgets, have been transferred to the Nigeria Customs Service, Ogun Space 1 Command, Idiroko, for additional investigation.