Police confirm arrest of Osun construction workers for alleged theft of iron rods

<p>The Osun State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of four workers for theft of items at a construction site in Ilesa.</p>, <p>The suspects were apprehended for stealing iron rods from the ongoing prison project site in Ilesa, Osun State.</p>, <p>Yemisi Opalola, the spokesperson of the police command, stated that “the case of theft of construction items at a construction site in Ilesa has been reported to the police command. As I am talking to you, the suspects are in police custody.”</p>, <p>A security source, who requested anonymity, revealed that the suspects had successfully removed the iron rods from the site.</p>, <p>However, the vehicle used to transport the stolen items was intercepted by members of the Nigeria Hunters and Forest Security Service (NHFSS) on patrol along Owode, Ede.</p>, <p>“The suspects arrested by the hunters included the vehicle’s driver, the construction engineer, and two artisans working on the project site,” he said.</p>, <p>One of the suspects, identified as Kehinde, admitted to committing the crime, citing difficult economic circumstances as their motivation for stealing the items.</p>, <p>The Osun NHFSS Commander, Ahmed Nureni, who confirmed the incident, noted that the suspects were arrested Thursday night at Owode, Ede, along the Gbongan/Osogbo road.</p>, <p>He added that the suspects were working on an ongoing government-sponsored project in Ilesa, which they claimed was a prison construction.</p>, <p>They had ordered the stolen items just a few weeks before their arrest.</p>