Police arrest ex-convict in Osun

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Police say the suspect was convicted in 2018 and imprisoned at the Ile-Ife correctional centre before he was released.

The police in Osun have arrested one Akintunde Joy, 22, an ex-convict, who had allegedly been breaking into shops in Ede town and stealing from shop owners.

”Preliminary investigation was carried out before it was transferred to anti-vice intelligence squad on July 26. The police spokesperson added that when the suspect was arrested, one of the iPhones stolen from the store of the complainant was recovered from him. “He confessed that himself and others at large, sometime in March, broke into the shop of the complainant, located at no. 4, Polytechnic Road, Ede, at midnight and carted away different types of cell phones valued at N3.8 million.“He said on April 27 again, they robbed the same shop again, where they tied the night guard and went away with mobile phones worth N29 million,” she said.

 

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