The Ogun State Police Command and the So-Safe Corps have arrested two men for allegedly stealing a live turkey, half bag of rice, palm oil, noodles and other foodstuff.
The suspects, identified as Kolawole Shobowale and Moruf Soyoye, were arrested at Oke-Ejigbo area of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.
According to the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Omolola Odutola, the suspected thieves had been terrorising and breaking into shops and houses at Oke-Ejigbo.
She said Kolawole and Moruf were arrested around 6:30 am on Sunday with the help of intelligence received from Commander Lawal Mudashiru of the So-Safe Corps.
The police image maker said the So-Safe Corps officer had sighted a three-member gang and trailed them to their houses, stating that one of the suspects with blood-stained leg was carrying a live turkey.
The So-Safe Corps operative was said to have cordoned off the houses of the suspects, leading to the arrest of two of them, as one escaped.
Odutola stated that “those arrested have confessed to the crime.”
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She listed the Items recovered from their houses to include one live turkey, kegs of palm oil, kegs of vegetable oil, a half bag of rice, Indomie noodles, macaroni, detergents, toothpastes, phones, GOtv decoder, sacks of clothes, insecticide, soaps among other foodstuffs and home use commodities.
It was gathered that residents of Oke-Ejigbo had stormed the Oke-Itoku Pilice Division to check if any of the items belong to them.
Odutola added that the matter would be transferred to the State CIID for further investigation and likely prosecution.
Meanwhile, another cult leader in the Ahoada area of Rivers State has surrendered to the Police.
The latest leader to surrender to the Ahoada Police Division is identified as General Silas from Odiereke Ubie in Ahoada West Local Government Area.
It was gathered that General Sikas, a Greenland cult leader surrendered with his ammunition, including two pump action guns, to the Ahoada Police Division.
The decision of the cult leaders to surrender may be connected to constant raids of their camps by the Police in recent times.
The Public Relations Officer of the Rivers State Police Command, Grace Iringe-Koko is yet to respond to text messages sent to her by Today, to confirm the development.
Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Nwonyi Emeka, in a media conference, recently disclosed that ‘General’ 2Man and ‘General’ Worldwide, all Greenland cult group members, have surrendered to the police.