The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps(NSCDC) Osun State Command, has paraded a plumber simply identified as Olamilekan, who allegedly stole a television set, a keg of palm oil and a laptop from the house of a politician in Ilesa, Osun.
The suspect was said to have been hired by the victim, several times in the past to work in his house before the incident.
But when asked how the items got in his custody, Olamilekan said he only borrowed the items and did not steal them.
when the suspect was asked what transpired on the day the items got lost, Olamilekan admitted that he stole them but had plans to return the television set.
Speaking on behalf of Osun State Commandant Sunday Agboola, the acting Public Relations officer Kehinde Adeleke said the stolen items were recovered from Olamilekan’s residence in Ilesa. laptop, two pairs of canvas, kitchen utensils, keg of palm oil and some clothes.
According to her, “The case was reported to the Intelligence and Investigation Department of the NSCDC, State Headquarters, Osogbo, by the Area Commander of Osun East “A” Area Command, Ilesha.
“Upon arrest and handing over of the suspect alongside the exhibits, he was thereafter taken to the interview room where he volunteered a confessional statement.”
Adeleke said that upon completion of investigation, the suspect would be charged to court.
