The Ogun State Community, Social Orientation, and Safety Corps, known as So-Safe Corps, have apprehended Biola Adebesin, a robbery suspect who is reportedly specialized in breaking into places of worship in Baba Ode and Iju communities within the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of the state.
Adebesin was accused of theft from various places of worship, including the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Onibuku, Cherubim and Seraphim, Baba Ode, and Stronghold Ministry.
Recovered items from him included two Yamaha keyboards, one mixer engine, a decoder, accessories, one Tecno Android, and small Bontel phones.
This information was disclosed in a statement issued on Sunday from the Office of the State Commander of the Corps, Commander Soji Ganzallo, through the Office of the Director of Information and Public Relations of the Corps, Assistant Commander Moruf Yusuf.
Ganzallo, in the statement, narrated that “at about 04:30hrs on the 18th of January, 2024, the officers of the Corps on routine patrol engaged in a face-to-face battle with the suspect carrying heavy load on his head in Baba Ode community.
“He was stopped for questioning by the officer of the So-Safe Corps, but he dropped the load and took to his heel.
“Having marked his face, the suspect was later traced to an hotel he normally lodge and was rearrested at about 08:00hrs.
“The load the suspect dropped was discovered to be an exhibit which contained two Yamaha keyboards, one mixer engine, decoder, accessories, one Tecno Android and small Bontel phones
“The suspect has also made a confessional statement that the exhibit were stolen from one Redeem Christian Church of God, Onibuku, Cherubim and Seraphim, Baba Ode and Stronghold Ministry”.
Ganzallo clarified that the individual in question, Adebesin, has been moved to the Onipaanu Divisional Police Headquarters for additional investigation and potential prosecution.