The Ekiti State Police Command has apprehended four suspected burglars during a raid on a suspected criminal hideout in Ado Ekiti, the state capital.
According to The Punch, the suspects were arrested on Sunday after operatives, acting on intelligence, stormed the hideout located in the Omisanjana area of the city.
Confirming the development in a statement issued on Monday in Ado Ekiti, the command’s Public Relations Officer, Sunday Abutu, said a large quantity of items believed to be proceeds of burglary and theft was recovered during the operation.
He stated, “During the operation, four suspects were arrested. They are Abdurazak Suleiman, 39; John Okori, 27; Francis Okori, 32; and Kehinde Alabi, 30, all residents of Omisanjana, Ado Ekiti.
“A search of the premises led to the recovery of numerous items suspected to have been stolen from various shops, including assorted perfumes, bathing soaps, alcoholic beverages, food items, body care products, cotton materials, clothing, a school bag, a 3kg gas cylinder and a sledgehammer suspected to have been used for shop-breaking operations.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspects lived together in the same apartment. Further intelligence gathered at the scene linked them to a recent burglary of a shop located at Ekute Quarters, Ado Ekiti, near the Water Works construction site, where some of the suspects were reportedly engaged as labourers.”
Abutu explained that detectives were working to identify the owner of the burgled shop and other potential victims to facilitate the recovery of stolen property.
He added that a full-scale investigation had been launched to establish the extent of the suspects’ alleged involvement in burglary and other criminal activities.
The police spokesperson also disclosed that the Commissioner of Police, Joseph Eribo Falade, reaffirmed the command’s commitment to strengthening intelligence-driven policing to safeguard lives and property across Ekiti State.
He added that the commissioner appealed to residents to continue supplying timely and credible information to the police, assuring them that all information received would be handled with strict confidentiality.
