Police Nabs Telecoms Mast thieves in Ogun

Policemen attached to the Ogun State Police Command have arrested three men for stealing from MTN mast site in Ota, in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of the state.

The suspects, Kabiru Olusola, 27; Taye Daniel, 43; and Afeez Balogun, 47, were arrested following a distress call received by policemen attached to the Atan Ota police divisional headquarters.

DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the state Police Public Relations Officer in a statement on Sunday, said Shuaib Muhammed, the chief security officer of the company in charge of the mast, made the distress call.

This was when the six suspected hoodlums invaded the site of the mast at Ketu, along Agbara Expressway.

“Upon the distress call, the DPO Atan Ota division quickly dispatched his patrol team to the scene where the three suspects were apprehended while others escaped.

“Recovered from the suspects are seven Backup batteries valued at N3million, rectifier module as well as their operational vehicle with registration number AAA 779 XL”.

Oyeyemi added that the state Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, had ordered a comprehensive investigation into the case with a view to charging the suspects to court as soon as possible.

He said the CP also directed that the escaped members of the gang be hunted and brought to justice.