A suspected member of a notorious robbery gang that had been terrorising
students of Olabisi Onabanjo University, OOU, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State,
who live off campus has been arrested.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.
Chika allegedly broke into the students’ apartments around Awa Ijebu and
its environs at the weekend, where he succeeded in carting away some
property of those who had travelled for Christmas.
According to a report by Vanguard , 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. “Burglars have been disturbing us in this axis and we hope this arrest will send a signal to others.”
During interrogation, Chika 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 added that 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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