A 24-year-old bricklayer, Adedapo Ayobami, from the Oja Oba Area of Osogbo, the Osun State capital, has been arrested for allegedly breaking into the house of a local herbalist and stealing electronic appliances and kitchen utensils.
Ayobami was arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Osun State Command, during a routine patrol in the Osunjela community.
A statement by the NSCDC spokesperson, Kehinde Adeleke, said the arrest took place on Thursday, May 23, 2024.
According to the statement, Osun NSCDC Commandant, Dr. Michael Adaralewa, while giving further details about Ayobami’s arrest, said the suspect, in his confessional statement, revealed that the herbalist had previously given him a spiritual soap intended to improve his financial status.
He added that he was supposed to collect this soap, which he last got in April, monthly. He, however, returned in May only to find out that the herbalist had passed away.
The statement read, “The suspect was arrested on Thursday, May 23, 2024, in the afternoon, at Osunjela area, Osun State, by NSCDC personnel who were on patrol in the area.
In his confessional statement, the suspect said that before the house owner died, he was an herbalist, and he gave him traditional soap to improve his financial status.
“He said the herbalist told him he would be collecting the traditional soap on monthly basis. He went to the herbalist’s house to collect the soap for the month of May, on getting there, he was told the herbalist had died, and he went home disappointed.
He enjoined members of the public to be security conscious, urging them to ask questions and report strange movements in their environment to security agencies in the state, noting that the suspect would be taken to court after the investigation had been concluded.
Osun NSCDC had on Wednesday, May 15, said its operatives had arrested and recovered four motorcycles from a suspected serial motorcycle snatcher, Wahab Saburi, in Ede town.
