The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 16-year-old boy, Ademola Bolu, for allegedly stealing aluminium roofing sheets worth N180,000 from the Christ Light Deliverance Ministry Church in Orile-Ilugun, Odeda Local Government Area of the state.
Spokesperson of the command, CSP Omolola Odutola, who confirmed the arrest in a statement on Saturday, January 18, 2025, said that Bolu, along with two accomplices currently at large, were found with two sacks containing the stolen roofing sheets, which had been cut into pieces.
“We received a report at the station that one Ademola Bolu, male, aged 16, and two others now at large were caught with two sacks containing aluminium roofing sheets belonging to Christ Light Deliverance Ministry Church, valued at N180,000, which had been cut into pieces,” the PPRO stated.
“Upon receiving the complaint, detectives from the station promptly rushed to the scene and arrested the suspect, while the other two accomplices escaped before the police arrived.
Odutola stated that the suspect confessed to the crime during interrogation, and the stolen items were recovered.
She added that an investigation is ongoing to apprehend the fleeing accomplices.
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