Construction Workers Arrested For Stealing Site Materials In Osun

A construction engineer and two artisans working at a site of an ongoing prison project in Ilesa, Osun State, alongside a driver, have been arrested for stealing iron rods at the site.

According to a security source who pleaded anonymity, the suspects have successfully moved out the rods from the site.

But some members of the Nigeria Hunters and Forest Security Service on patrol at Owode, Ede, intercepted the vehicle used to convey the items.

One of the suspects simply identified as Kehinde in a video, admitted committing the crime, saying hard times made them commit the crime.

Osun commander of the NHFSS, Ahmed Nureni, who confirmed the incident, said the suspects were intercepted late in the evening on Thursday at Owode, Ede, along Gbongan/Osogbo road.

He said, “They are construction workers at an ongoing government-sponsored project in Ilesa. They told us the project was a prison construction. They ordered the items just few weeks back.

“And they conspired to steal the rods under the cover of the night and moved it in a mini truck. The vehicle was intercepted at Owode, Ede Junction late in the evening on Thursday. We handed the suspects to the police in A Division, Ede.”

Also, Osun Police Command Public Relations Officer, Yemisi Opalola, when contacted, said the suspects were in police custody.

“It is true. They are in our custody and investigation is ongoing into the allegations against them,” Opalola concluded.