Police nab 27-year-old suspected burglar in Ogun

The suspect allegedly entered the home of a resident of the neighborhood via a window, broken the iron safety bars and hit her on the top with an iron rod.

Spokesman of the state police command, CSP Omolola Odutola, disclosed this in a press release despatched to journalists on Friday.

She stated the suspect was identified to make use of iron instruments to interrupt into properties to steal.

Odutola stated the suspect robbed the sufferer of her Techno Spark cellphone value over N150,000 and money value N52,000 and injured her within the again and leg as she tried to flee the scene.

She revealed that the sufferer reported the incident at about 7pm on Wednesday and based mostly on the knowledge, the Idiroko Divisional Police Officer visited the scene and initiated investigation which led to his arrest.

In accordance with Odutola, throughout interrogation, the suspect confessed to committing the crime.

She stated: “On January 1, 2025, at roughly 7:00 p.m., a neighborhood member from Okoroibo, who was the sufferer of a theft, knowledgeable the station that on December 31, 2024, at roughly 10:00 p.m., a person entered her home, Mrs. David Adedeji. He compelled him via the window, damaging the iron security bars, so he hit her on the top with an extended iron rod.

“The sufferer additionally defined that David forcefully took her Android cellphone, a Techno Spark value over 100 and fifty thousand naira, searched her room, and stole fifty two thousand naira in money from her purse.

“Police investigators from Idiroko visited the scene. An instantaneous investigation was launched and objects corresponding to an iron rod and a wood board had been collected as proof from the crime scene.

“David Adedeji, aged 27, was arrested in reference to the crime and admitted his involvement.”

Odutola famous {that a} preliminary investigation has been initiated to acquire extra info and potential prosecution.