Kwara NSCDC captures fake military officer, two others for theft, robbery

A 41-year-old man, AbdulKadir Bolaji, who goes about parading himself as a soldier and two other suspects have actually been jailed by the Kwara State command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, for break-in occurrences ecorded in Lakele community, Oro town, in Irepodun Local Government Area of the State.

One of the 2 other suspects detained alongside AbdulKadir, is Olalekan Adeniyi, 32, who supposedly runs a shop where stolen products are supposedly shown and offered to unsuspected purchasers as second hand or Tokunbo.

The third suspect, referred to as their accomplice, Dare Ajiboye, 31, who claimed to be a ‘deejay’, likewise works as a sales young boy at Olalekan’s shop.

A statement in Ilorin on Friday by the spokesman of the NSCDC in Kwara State, Babawale Zaid Afolabi, divulged that the three suspects and others now at big was accountable for various cases of theft and theft that have ended up being rampant in Lakele area, Oro town.

He stated “For the past few months, there have actually been reported cases of break-in and theft in Lakele area, Oro, in Irepodun Local Government Area of the State. The neighborhood, in cooperation with the NSCDC officers in the location, decided to track down those behind the nefarious acts.”

The spokesman mentioned further that efforts of the community and the NSCDC settled just recently when a few of the suspected stolen items were found at a store in that neighborhood and more examinations revealed that taken items from robbery and house breaking were allegedly being sold at the store.

Products recovered from the shop consisted of plasma televisions, play stations, CCTV cams (360 degree) among others.

The State Commandant of the NSCDC, Makinde Iskil Ayinla, has ordered a manhunt for other members of the gang, while additional investigations continue.