Crime

Vulcanizer arrested for stealing woman’s pants

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 22 year old vulcanizer identified as Dele Ope for allegedly stealing a pant of her client, in Warewa axis of Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of the State.

Penpushing reports that, the Command Public Relations Officer Abimbola Oyeyemi said on Sunday that the suspect was arrested following a report by the victim who reported at Warewa Division that she discovered that her car tire has been deflated when she wanted to go out which is the reason why she invited the suspect who is a vulcanizer to come and fix the tire for her.

The police spokesman said the woman explained that after fixing the tire and left, she discovered that her pant that was spread on a rope within the compound has been missing, adding that since the vulcanizer was the only person who came to the compound, she went round in search of him but he is no where to be found.

“Upon the report, the DPO Warewa division SP Folake Afeniforo detailed detectives to the area where the suspect was traced and arrested. His house was quickly searched and the woman’s pant was recovered there in”, the police said.

“On interrogation, the suspect confessed stolen the pant with the intention of taking it to an herbalist for money making ritual”, Oyeyemi said.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police  Kenneth Ebrimson has ordered that the suspect be charged to court as soon as investigation is concluded

 

 

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