A suspected member
of a notorious gang that had been terrorising students of Olabisi Onabanjo Uni,
OOU, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, who live off campus has been arrested.
“Burglars have been
disturbing us in this axis and we hope this arrest will send a signal to
others.”
Recovered from the
suspect, identified as Onyebuchi Chika, were a sewing machine, some cooking gas
and mattresses suspected to have been stolen from the students apartments.
Onyebuchi allegedly
broke into the students’ apartments around Awa Ijebu and its environs at the
weekend, where he cartted away some property of those who had travelled for
Christmas. He reportedly came back to continue with his criminal act when luck
ran on him after a male student, who was returning from an outing, raised
alarm.
A student, Lola
Gbemiga, who explained how the suspect was arrested, said: “He attempted to run
but some residents chased him and held him until the arrival of policemen from
Awa Ijebu Division, who later took him away.
During
interrogation, Onyebuchi admitted to have burgled several apartments in the
area, adding that most of the apartments were those of female students.
According to him, “I have burgled several students’ apartments in the area. I
usually operate when they are not at home, particularly during holidays. I sell
the loots and spend the money on food.”
He said he decided
to operate on New Year eve so as to use the proceeds from the loots to
celebrate.
Spokesman for Ogun
State Police Command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the arrest, adding that some
house-breaking implements were also recovered from the suspect.
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