Ekiti police nab 2 serial burglars

The Ekiti State Police Command Rapid Response Squad (RRS) has arrested two persons, Abbar Wasiri and Aribisala Timileyin, for burglary along Adebayo area of the state capital.

The suspects stole N210, 000 and other valuables, when they burgled three different houses on Monday, at about 1:30am.

The police said on May 9, 2021, at about 1:30pm, one Barrister Ayo Oguntuase, in Ado-Ekiti, came to the RRS office, Ado-Ekiti, and reported that some unknown persons burgled his office and two other houses at night in Adebayo Area, Ado-Ekiti, on May 8, and made away with N210,000 cash, two sets of computer system and many other items.

The police command said upon the receipt of the information, the RRS operatives immediately moved into action and arrested the two suspects based on intelligence gathered.

The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Sunday Abutu, yesterday, said during an interrogation, the two suspects confessed to the crime and led operatives to their houses where items such as 265 different types of children and adult clothes, 14 pairs of children and adult canvas shoes, two complete sets of computer system, one ceiling fan, and two law report books belonging to different complainants were recovered.

Abutu added that a further investigation revealed that one of the suspects, Abbar Wasiri, is one of the security guards employed to guard one of the places burgled.

According to the PPRO, investigation is ongoing and when concluded, the suspects shall be charged to court.

Meanwhile, the Ekiti State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Tunde Mobayo, has called on everyone in the state to be security conscious and promptly report any strange and suspicious persons found in their environs to the police.