Men of the Edo State Police Command have arrested two burglary suspects, Jackson Oke-Oghene and Ikpomwonsa Osayande in Benin City.
It was gathered that the suspects are members of a gang that specialise in breaking into people’s homes in Benin City on Sundays when everyone has gone to church.
According to Standard Gazette, one of the suspects Osayande, last Sunday, monitored the occupants of a house at Igo on upper Ekewan Road, Benin city and allegedly forced his way into the house through the window when the occupants left.
He allegedly ransacked all the rooms in the house and stole a cash sum of 15,000 Euros, equivalent to 9 million Naira. The suspect was said to have taken the euros to a Bureau D change at Kings Square in Benin city to exchange to Naira.
According to the report, the Bureau D change operator, upon sensing that it was stolen money, allegedly gave the suspect the sum of 5 million Naira instead of 9 Million Naira.
The second suspect,…
Source: Linda Ikeji
