Ayomide Ibrahim, 25, has been taken into custody by the Ogun State Community, Social Orientation and Safety Corps, also known as So-Safe Corps, for the crimes of theft and break-in.
According to reports, Ibrahim was taken into custody on Thursday, January 25, while on a routine security agency patrol in the Baba Ode neighborhood of Iju in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of the state.
He was said to have informed the So-Safe Corps that he was a member of a robbery gang that was skilled at robbing local worship centers and that he traveled from Abeokuta to join his accomplice in the area.
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Ibrahim also allegedly disclosed that the Arena Shopping Complex in Oshodi, Lagos State, is where they sell the items they steal.
This was stated in a press release sent out on Saturday by Assistant Commander Moruf Yusuf, the Corps’ Director of Information and Public Relations, on behalf of Commander Soji Ganzallo, the Corps’ State Commander.
Ayomide Ibrahim, a 25-year-old man, was apprehended by Corps officers at Baba Ode Division, Iju, in Ado Odo Ota Local Government on January 25, 2024, while on routine patrol. Ibrahim was caught stealing aluminum fittings.
The suspect acknowledged moving from Abeokuta to Baba Ode, Iju, to be with his accomplice.
“During initial questioning, he admitted that the exhibits came from an incomplete structure in Atan and that their gang leader, Biola Adebesin, who was earlier detained by the Corps on January 18, is their leader. Their specialty is breaking into and stealing from places of worship.”
The suspect disclosed that the Arena Shopping Complex in Oshodi, Lagos was the place where any pilfered church instruments were sold.
According to reports, the Nigeria Police Force’s Onipanu Divisional Police Headquarters has received items found on the suspect as exhibits, which will likely be the subject of additional investigation and prosecution.