The Ogun State Police Command has apprehended a 21-year-old suspected burglar, Ibrahim Adamu, who used the guise of a scavenger to commit theft.
According to a statement released by the State Police Command on Sunday, the suspect had been engaged in stealing property from the homes of unsuspecting residents in the Itele Awori Local Government Area of the state.
The police explained that the suspect would often disguise himself as a scavenger and enter people’s homes when they were away to steal their valuable belongings. The statement read, “The Police Division in Itele Awori has arrested a 21-year-old named Ibrahim Adamu, who posed as a scavenger dealing in condemned iron scraps and was found with items believed to be stolen.