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Operatives of the Osun Amotekun Corps have actually captured a suspect, Jimoh Sodiq, for theft of aluminium wire.
The arrest of Sodiq, 20, an indigene of Ikirun who lives in Sabo, Osogbo, was revealed by the Amotekun Corps Commander, Brigadier General Bashir Adewinmbi (retd), on Thursday in Osogbo.
Adewinmbi mentioned that the perpetrator was detained in the Sawmill location, Ido-Osun, Egbedore Local Government Area of Osun State.
According to him: “The suspect was jailed on Monday at Ido-Osun around 5:15 am by the operatives of Amotekun Egbedore Command, who were on a regular patrol. He was captured in the act after utilizing a plier to cut the aluminium electrical wire on 3 electrical poles in the Sawmill location of Ido-Osun.
“He admitted to the act and this is not the very first time he has actually committed the exact same act by getting rid of the cable televisions of transformers and electrical aluminium wire and offering them to his client in another town. He likewise discussed 4 gang members, Saheed, Musibau, Boyee, and Wasiu, who dealt with him to commit the act, where they vandalised electrical poles and hauled away electrical aluminium wires discovered on the poles which they terrorised some locations in Osogbo [such as] Ido-Osun, Cocoa Factory House Ede, Okinni, and Owode Community.”
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Adewinmbi stated the suspect has actually been turned over to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, for subsequent interrogation and prosecution.
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