365NEWS gathered that Men of the Ekiti State Police Command have arrested a set of twins – Taiwo and Kehinde Olasoji – and two others – Funke Afolayan ‘f’ and Nnaji Aroh ‘m’ for burglary and receiving of stolen goods.
The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Adeniran Akinwale, said that the twins were arrested on April 25 “while attempting to break a shop at Mathew Street, Odo-Ado, Ado Ekiti.”
The CP, in a statement by the state Police Public Relations Officer, Ekiti Command, Sunday Abutu, on Sunday, said that “during interrogation, the suspects confessed to the commission of the crime.
“They further stated that they were responsible for burgling three shops in Fayemi Market at Agric Olope, Ado Ekiti where they carted away two bags of rice, two bags of beans and other valuables valued at ₦936,750.
“Further investigation by the Command’s Rapid Response Squad led to the arrest of one Afolayan Funke and Nnaji Benignus Aroh who the suspects claimed have been receiving stolen properties from them.”
The commissioner said that “the suspects will be arraigned accordingly”.
It would be recalled that the commissioner had on March 25 paraded a series of suspects, including a burglary suspect who burgled a store in Ekiti Airport on March 7 and stole some iron rods.
Akinwale had said, “Upon the receipt of the information, the Command’s Rapid Response Squad swung into action and 18 lengths of 12mm iron rods valued #261,000 were found in the possession of the suspect arrested.
“During interrogation, the suspect confessed to the Commission of the crime and further said that he had previously been involved in stealing numerous iron rods from the site.
The commissioner had implored all residents to be security conscious and vigilant, and report any untoward incident or happening observed in their locality to the nearest police station.
