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A suspected burglar, Idowu Kolawole, who broke into the home of a journalist, Mr odunayo Ogunmola, last Thursday, has been arrested by the police.
The police said he was arrested on Saturday, two days after he carried out the burglary in the house located near Deeper Life Campground, Ajebamidele, Ado Ekiti, the capital of the state.
Valuables stolen includes a 32-inch Samsung Plasma television set, an HP laptop and a C1 Nokia mobile phone, among others.
The suspect, who capitalised on the fact that many residents of the area had left for their various places of work and summer lessons, scaled the fence and cut the burglary-proof of the kitchen window to gain entry into the house and made away with the valuables.
Mastermind Of Many Burglary Cases
Members of the household on arrival to their home at about 4:30p.m. local time discovered that the building had been burgled.
The burglary was immediately reported at the Ologede Police Station, along Ikere Road in Ado Ekiti by the journalist and Kolawole was arrested at his hideout in Kajola area of Ikere Ekiti at about 11.20a.m. local time.
The laptop and the phone were recovered immediately at the point of arrest.
Some residents of Ikere described the suspect as the mastermind of many incidents of robbery, burglary and other criminal activities in the town
and nearby Ado, the state capital.
Immediately after being arrested, the suspect admitted breaking into Ogunmola’s house at about 10.00a.m. and stealing the items.
He claimed that he performed the burglary alone and never brought any accomplice along.
Kolawole later led the policemen to his rented one-room apartment in
Moferere area of Ado where Ogunmola’s laptop bag, the saw used by the
suspect to carry out the burglary and other suspected stolen items were
recovered.
Residents of the area commended the officials of Ologede Police Station for arresting the suspect within two days of committing the crime, a feat they described as a “miracle.”
According to them, many cases of burglary, theft of domestic animals and car batteries have been reported to the police recently and they believe that the arrest of the suspected burglar would lead to arrest of more criminals operating in the neighbourhood.
The police said the suspect would be charged as soon as the investigations were completed.
Police spokesman, Alberto Adeyemi, urged the people of the state to always volunteer information that could lead to arrest of criminals operating in their neighbourhood.
Mr Adeyemi explained that the police in the state were highly motivated to deal with crime but noted that the cooperation of the citizens was necessary to keep criminals at bay.
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