LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – A couple, Ajayi Opeyemi and Asake Opeyemi, have been arrested by the Ekiti State Police Command for burglary and possession of stolen goods worth N3 million naira.
Addressing journalists while parading the suspects at the Command Headquarters in Ado-Ekiti, the Commissioner of Police, CP Dare Ogundare, said they were arrested in Eyin-Ogbe quarters, Aramoko-Ekiti, in Ekiti West Local Government Area of the State by the operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) attached to the command.
The Commissioner, who described the couple as serial burglars, said they were arrested at a criminal hideout in the community on 22 September, following credible information from the residents of the area.
He explained that the duo had burgled more than five different houses and shops belonging to different owners in the ancient community and carted away goods before they were arrested by the operatives.
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Upon interrogation, the husband, a carpenter and father of two, described himself as a victim of circumstances.
Ajayi, who confessed to the commission of the crime, said the stolen goods were recovered by the Police in his wife’s shop.
He said his wife usually takes the goods to other markets in a neighbouring community to sell.
Some of the goods recovered from the suspects include 400 pieces of jean trousers, shirts, short knickers, jackets, face caps, underwear, large quantities of women’s accessories and lingerie goods, assorted wines, provision and foodstuff estimated at about N3 million.
The CP said the suspects who are currently detained at the Anti-Crime section of the Command in Ado-Ekiti are still helping the Police with more facts.
He assured that the couple would be arraigned in court on completion of investigation.
