Ekiti News reports that Babale Timothy and Sanmi Ajayi have been arrested by operatives of the Ekiti State Police Command for stealing.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Sunday Abutu, disclosed that on June 19, the Anti-Kidnapping Squad (AKS), based on a credible rip-off, arrested Babale Timothy in the Atikankan area of Ado-Ekiti while trying to sell a Bajaj motorcycle he stole from where it was parked.
The command’s spokesman said that the suspect, an ex-convict, confessed to the commission of the crime and stated that he was a member of a syndicate that specialised in stealing motorcycles around Ado-Ekiti.
Abutu further said that also arrested Sanmi Ajayi for breaking into the premises and houses of three persons on Ilawe Road around Irewolede Estate, Ado-Ekiti, and stealing items worth millions of naira.
The command’s spokesman said that the suspect confessed to the commission of the crime and that PlayStation 5 Console, laptop, extension box, PS-5 Controller and disc, Oraimo clipper, phone charger, JBL Boom Box 2 and raw food items were recovered from him.
He added that effort was underway to arrest the fleeing members of his gang.
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