Security guards burgle employer’s store

Two security guards in Ikirun, Osun State, Abdulkareem Ibrahim and Abdulkareem Abdulazeez, have been arrested for allegedly burgling the phone store that they were employed to protect. The Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Wale Olokode, paraded the suspects at the police headquarters in Osogbo, the state capital, at the weekend. The CP said […]

Two security guards in Ikirun, Osun State, Abdulkareem Ibrahim and Abdulkareem Abdulazeez, have been arrested for allegedly burgling the phone store that they were employed to protect.

The Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Wale Olokode, paraded the suspects at the police headquarters in Osogbo, the state capital, at the weekend.

The CP said the suspects were employed to protect the phone store but they burgled it and carted expensive phones and accessories away. 

Olokode said the items stolen by the suspects from the phone store included a Redmi10 phone, an Oppo A54 phone, an Oppo A15 phone, two power banks, three MTN wifi 5G, one MP Player Oraimo, two headset Bluetooth and one smart Infinix watch.

The owner of the shop, Mr Abdulsalam Ibrahim, said the phones and accessories carted away by the suspects were worth N1, 501,000. 

Speaking with Daily Trust, the suspects confessed that they burgled the store and blamed the devil for their action.

The commissioner of police said the suspects would be charged to court after investigation.