Operatives of Ogun State Police Division in Itele Awori, have arrested 21-year-old Ibrahim Adamu, who disguised himself as a scavenger of condemned iron scraps, with some items believed to be stolen. 
  
The Guardian learnt that the suspect confessed that there are two of them who specialise in breaking into unsuspecting members of the public houses in their absence to steal their valuables.    According to the police source, the other fleeing suspect, identified as Azonto, said to have hailed from Adamawa State, and an orphan, who works on condemned iron scraps (same as Adamu), is currently at large.
 
Spokesperson for Ogun Police Command, Superintendent of Police (SP), Omolola Odutola, who confirmed the development, yesterday, said Azonto escaped while the policemen gave him a hot chase.
 
“Our men had embarked on a manhunt to apprehend the fleeing suspect.
 
“When the policemen searched the sack of the suspect, some of the items recovered were seven ceiling fans, blades and cable wires. When he was arrested and taken to the station, he played dumb and was unable to provide satisfactory information on how he came about the items in his possession.
 
“No dangerous weapon or gun was found on him, just the sack containing the items mentioned above and from careful observation, the items are not condemned or disposed of by the owner, but vandalised useful items.
 
“The suspect has been handed over to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) for discreet investigations, and at the conclusions of the investigation he will be charged to  court. 
 
“The Commissioner of Police (CP), Alamutu Mustapha, is abreast of the surge in recent menace constituted by scavengers and scrap pickers, he has mandated the immediate arrest of anyone found vandalising government property or property of the people in the guise of being a scavenger,” she added.