Police arrest three for ‘looting warehouse’ in Ogun

The Ogun state police command says its officers have arrested three men for allegedly looting a warehouse belonging to Sky Industry Limited.

According to the police, the warehouse, located at OPIC estate, Agbara, Ado-Odo/Ota LGA, Ogun state, was allegedly vandalised and looted by the suspects on Tuesday.

Abimbola Opeyemi, spokesperson of the Ogun police command, in a statement on Thursday, said the suspects — identified as Jelili Waheed, Otun Taye and Olu Adeniran — were arrested by officers of the Agbara divisional headquarters following a tip-off.

The police spokesperson also said items such as truck, forklift and generators were recovered from the suspects.

“The suspects, Jelili Waheed, 33, Otun Taye, 44, and Olu Adeniran, 46, were arrested following an information received at Agbara divisional headquarters that some hoodlums are vandalising and looting the warehouse of the company,” the statement reads.

“Upon the information, the DPO, Agbara division, SP Saleh Dahiru, mobilised his detectives to the scene where the three members of the syndicate were rounded up at about 4pm.

“Recovered from them is one Iveco Truck with registration number AKD 747 XZ which they used to convey one Forklift, one 300KVA Generator and one 25 KVA Generator property of the company.

“Meanwhile, the commissioner of police, CP Edward Awolowo Ajogun, has ordered a thorough investigation into the past activities of the suspects with the view to charge them to court as soon as the investigation is concluded.”