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A suspected burglar, Saheed Abioye a.k.a Anini, who had been convicted once and remanded in prison for eight months the second time, has narrated how he was arrested after he slept off in a church in Osogbo, Osun State, where he had gone to steal phones.
He was among suspects shown to journalists during a press briefing last Thursday at the Osun State police command headquarters in Osogbo.
The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Yemisi Opalola, who addressed journalists on behalf of the Commissioner of Police, Kehinde Longe, made it known that Abioye was arrested at Alekuwodo area of Osogbo by the patrol team of anti-cultism unit on Saturday, May 27, at about 3:30am in the vicinity of a crime scene.
Two other members of the gang, Ayo and Lukman, escaped and are still at large, the PPRO stated.
Abioye and his gang members’ area of specialisation was said to be house burglary, where they would also pick victims’ phones and other valuables.
The police spokeswoman disclosed that the suspect is an ex-convict who was once imprisoned in Ilesa Correctional Centre in 2018 over the same crime, but decided to continue his activities before nemesis caught up with him.
“The suspect further confessed that they normally operated at Owode-Igbona, Akindeko, Atelewo, Ido-Osun areas of Osogbo and in Ibadan, Oyo State,” SP Opalola added.
