Osun construction workers arrested for stealing
Four individuals have been apprehended for the theft of iron rods from an active prison construction site in Ilesa, Osun State.
According to an unnamed security source on Saturday, the suspects had managed to transport the iron rods away from the site. However, their vehicle was intercepted by members of the Nigeria Hunters and Forest Security Service during a patrol in Owode, Ede.
A video recording of the interaction between the suspects and their captors, obtained by our correspondent, featured one of the individuals asserting to be the driver of the vehicle used for transporting the stolen items.
The other three suspects were the construction engineer and two artisans working on the site of the project.
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One of the suspects simply identified as Kehinde admitted commiting the crime, saying hard times made them to steal the items.
Osun commander of the NHFSS, Ahmed Nureni, who confirmed the incident, said the suspects were intercepted late in the evening on Thursday at Owode, Ede, along Gbongan/Osogbo road.
He said, “They are construction workers at ongoing government sponsored project in Ilesa. They told us the project is a prison construction. They ordered for the items just few weeks back.
“And they conspired to steal the rods under the cover of the night and moved it in a mini truck. The vehicle was intercepted at Owode, Ede Junction late in the evening on Thursday. We handed the suspects to the police in A Division, Ede.”
When contacted, Osun Police Command Public Relations Officer, Yemisi Opalola, said the suspects were in police custody.
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