Two teenage boys, 18-year-old ex-convict Abdullahi Idowu and his 17-year-old accomplice Samson Ojo, have been caught after allegedly stealing from the Nigeria Customs Service.
The two were arrested for stealing the engine parts of an office generator belonging to service in Idiroko, Ipokia Local Government Area of Ogun State.
The Commander of the State Community, Social Orientation and Safety Corps, also known as So-Safe Corps, Soji Ganzallo, announced the arrests in a statement through the Director of Information and Public Relations, Assistant Commander Moruf Yusuf, on Tuesday.
“Abdullahi Idowu, 18, a resident of Babaloke area, Idiroko, and Samson Ojo, 17, residing at Etikoto, Ikolaje area, Idiroko—were apprehended around 10.30pm on November 17, 2024,” the statement said.
“Both locations fall under the Ipokia Local Government Area. The suspects were caught during a joint routine patrol by the Special Squad and the Idiroko Divisional Team of the Corps, led by Chief Superintendent Abdulkareem Abdulrazaq. Upon their arrest, they were found with two bags containing stolen generator engine parts.”
Idowu who had already served a jail term in Benin Republic, confessed that he also previously stole a large battery which he sold to a scrap dealer, the statement added.
Ganzallo also disclosed that the suspects were taken to the scene of the crime, where the theft of the generator parts belonging to the customs office was confirmed, while other parts of the generator were found in a nearby bush.
In the statement, Ganzallo noted that both suspects and the items recovered from them had been handed over to the Ogun Area 1 Command of the NCS in Idiroko.
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