Police arrest suspected burglar of COVID-19 isolation centre falls into police net

By OLAJIDE IDOWU

The Police Command in Osun on Tuesday arrested a burglar who allegedly stole an air-conditioning system from a COVID-19 isolation centre in Osogbo.

Mr Olawale Olokode, the Commissioner of Police in the state, said this during the parade of arrested suspects at the State Police Headquarters in Osogbo.

Olokode explained that, “On July, 22 at about 1:30 p.m., a security guard attached to one of the  Osun COVID-19 Isolation centres/Mercy Land, Osogbo, noticed a person inside one of the isolation rooms removing an air conditioner.

“The security guard quickly alerted the Dada Estate Police Station in Osogbo and police officers from the station immediately moved to the scene and cordoned off the area.

“Only one Morufu Abdullah ‘m’ aged 27, who had removed one of the air conditioners in one of the rooms at the Isolation Centre was thereafter arrested.”

Olokode also said that: three armed robbery suspects, four suspected cult members, a suspect who is alleged to be a specialist in snatching cell phones and SIM cards were arrested during the month.

He said that another suspected burglar, who was alleged to have burgled two shops in Osogbo was also arrested within this month.

He said that all the suspects would be charged to court after the conclusion of investigations into their matters.

Olokode said that he would ensure that the state would not be a safe haven for criminals.

He warned criminals to turn a new leaf or relocate from the state, stressing that the police command was ready to take the security battle to the dens of suspected criminals. (NAN)