The Ogun State Police Command has apprehended two males and recovered a number of gadgets price over N800,000 from them.
Our correspondent gathered on Thursday that the gadgets had been stolen from a church; St. Michael Archangel Catholic Church, Igode situated within the Sagamu space of the state.
PUNCH Metro that the incident occurred within the early hours of that very same day.
The incident was reported to the police by one Onojwu Aaron and a few members of the church.
The stolen gadgets are a generator valued at N400,000, one large OX fan valued at N60,000, a music amplifier valued at N180,000 and different musical devices valued at about N200,000, all totalling N840,000.
The state police command spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, mentioned upon receiving the report, the police sprung into motion instantly and started an investigation. They visited the scene and monitored the place along with the vigilante group within the space.
Alongside the road, she mentioned two males had been arrested in reference to the incident.
Upon additional investigations, their identities had been revealed as 21-year-old Destine John and 23-year-old John Peter, who had been mentioned to be indigenes of Benue State residing within the Odongunyan space of Lagos.
The PPRO mentioned they had been arrested at Fakale inside a Keke Marwa (tricycle) the place they had been hiding the amplifier.
One of many suspects denied the allegations and claimed he purchased the amplifier from one pastor however couldn’t show his claims.
The opposite man in his assertion claimed his companion requested him to attend contained in the tricycle at Fakale and later got here again with the amplifier after informing him {that a} pastor bought it to him.
Odutola famous that statements offered by all events involved had been documented and additional investigations had been ongoing.
“Statements have been obtained from all involved events; investigation is in progress. Additional developments shall be communicated,” Odutola mentioned.