Osun State Police Command on Tuesday said it has nabbed a teenage serial liquor store burglar, Matthew Ajayi, in Osun State.
The 18-year-old boy, was paraded for stealing alcohol in stores for four years and selling it to another liquor seller in Osogbo, the state capital.
The teenager, who had been beaten by those who apprehended him before the intervention of police, disclosed that: “My mother is a teacher while my father is a commercial motorcyclist.”
Command spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola told newsmen that on Monday, July 26, at about 1:30 pm, the Commissioner of Police’s surveillance team arrested Ajayi, who had burgled two different shops along Stadium area of Osogbo.
“The suspect confessed to the crime and mentioned three other members of his syndicate now at large. The suspect equally led the detectives to the shops he and his syndicates have burgled and the victims attested to incessant attacks on their shops. The suspect will be charged to court after the completion of the investigation.” she said.
