By Sodiq Adelakun
Social Orientation and Safety Corps, known as So-Safe Corps, after several attempts have arrested a notorious robbery kingpin and recovered four riffles.
A statement issued from its State Commander, Cdr Dr Soji Ganzallo through Information and Public Relations Director’s office, Assistant Commander Moruf Yusuf, disclosed that a 32-year-old, Obani Desmond, who is a resident of 25, Agunbiade Street, Orija, Abule Iroko was arrested while trying to burgle someone’s building at 2, Ayo Ogunbanwo Street, Abule-Iroko in Ado-Odo Ota Local Government Area of the state at about 1000hrs on Wednesday, 12th July, 2023.
The statement revealed that the suspect had escaped arrests on several occasions but nemesis caught up with him on the day as he tried to hide from being caught at the scene of robbery.
The Corps personnel being led by Divisional Officer, SC Akinrele Adetayo, while on routine patrol on the instruction of Corps Commander, Dr Ganzallo, through showcasing excellent expertise, caught the suspected robber while trying to burgle the building.
Dr Ganzallo, according to the statement, ordered the agency’s personnel to ensure his robbery syndicate is arrested so that a number of criminality perpetrated will not die with him.
The agency’s Corps Commander also revealed that, when the suspect saw that the scene at which he was caught might be the end of the road, he speedily confessed on that fateful day, he came to steal gold jewelries in that compound which was reason for him to be armful.
Without torture, he promised to show the team where he kept the arms he used to perpetrated the crimes he is known for.
Ganzallo then said before getting to where he kept those arms, his wife, Mrs Simbi Temitope Desmond, has taken three out of the four arms (1 single and 2 double locally made pistols) and kept them in the nearby room, with one (1)12 rounds pistol found in his room. All arms recovered are four with 5 live ammunition, 9 used and 5 live Catridges.
Ganzallo also made it known that, the suspect confessed to have taken part in a number of deadly attacks both in Ogun and in Lagos States and he pleaded that the Corps would get the remaining useful story of their successful attacks from one Mr Jeje, whom he said in his custody the AK-47 their team uses.
Meanwhile, Ganzallo has given the Agbado/Oke Aro/Ibaragun Area Commander of the Corps, ACC Olaiya Akeem a marching order to work with the Nigeria Police Force in the axis to bring the rest culprits to book.
The suspect and the recovered exhibit have been transfered to the Nigeria Police Force, Agbado Divisional Police Headquarters for further investigation and likely prosecution.