BY TIMOTHY AGBOR
A 21-year-old ex-convict, Timothy Sonyegbe has been arrested for stealing motorcycle few days after he finished serving his last jail term.
The Ogun State Community, Social Orientation and Safety Corps, also known as So-Safe Corps, apprehended him while escaping with the loot at midnight.
The suspect, said to be a vulcanizer, allegedly committed the latest offence around Abule Teacher in Ipokia Local Government Area of Ogun State.
In a statement by So-Safe spokesperson, Moruf Yusuf, Commander Soji Ganzallo noted that Sonyegbe resides in the Ijofin area.
Ganzallo noted that the suspect had been placed on surveillance after he served two separate jail terms.
Few days after, Sonyegbe was seen riding a motorcycle during an odd hour of the night.
A team of officers on a routine patrol, led by CSC Abdulkareem Abdulrazaq, the Idiroko Divisional Officer, reportedly stopped Sonyegbe.
“Though the rider made a U-turn in an attempt to escape, the suspect was chased, apprehended and taken into custody. The suspect is a two term ex-convict who served at Ilaro Correctional Centre for fuel and motorcycle theft,” Ganzallo noted.
During preliminary interrogation, he confessed that the motorbike, a Boxer Bajaj with engine number DXWLB46095, was stolen.
So-Safe Corps also recovered two phones from Sonyegbe, who has been handed over to the Police Divisional Headquarters in Ipokia.
