Thieves steal equipment worth millions from Ogun hospital

Suspected thieves reportedly broke into the newly inaugurated 100-bed Mother and Child Hospital in Iperu, Ikenne Local Government Area of Ogun State a month after commissioning.

Our correspondent reports that the hospital was commissioned on Saturday, February 1, 2023 by the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo.

The thieves reportedly broke into the hospital and carted away electronic equipment worth millions of naira.

The state commandant of the Security Network, otherwise called the Amotekun Corps, David Akinremi, confirmed the incident .

Akinremi disclosed this in a statement issued to journalists in Abeokuta on Friday.He said his operatives have arrested three suspects in connection with the crime.

He disclosed that the suspects stole six 43-inch Hisense T.V. sets, two 65-inch Bruhm T.V sets, three Bruhm fridges, one Midea refrigerator, and three Lontor rechargeable standing fans, all valued at N3 million.

Akinremi said the prime suspect, one Ogunjembola Kehinde, led his gang to burgle the hospital.

He said Ogunjembola was arrested following a complaint of burglary and stealing by one Kehinde Banjoko that some unknown persons broke into her residence while she was away in Lagos and stole several household items such as generating sets, gas cylinder, standing fan, mattresses and rug, among others, valued at about N500,000.

“Based on actionable intelligence, the prime suspect was arrested, and upon interrogation, he admitted that he committed the alleged crime with one other now at large. His admission led to the recovery of all the items stolen from one Lawal Aliu, who is the criminal receiver.

“While investigation into the original complaint was still ongoing, intelligence received further revealed that the same principal suspect in this case, Ogunjembola Kehinde and his criminal gang was responsible for breaking and stealing of some electronic equipment at the newly inaugurated 100 bed Mother and Child Hospital, Iperu.

“When he (suspect) was confronted with this, he also admitted he committed the offence with his co-accomplice in the original case of burglary and stealing reported by Banjoko Kehinde.

“So far, three suspects have been arrested in connection with this case while efforts are ongoing aimed at apprehending other criminal receivers mentioned by the suspects with a view to recovering items allegedly sold to them,” Akinremi said.

Youths force thief to laugh at himself after he was caught stealing (Video)

A suspected thief who was caught in the act of stealing was forced to laugh by youths in the community.

In a video circulating online, the suspect was being manhandled by a groups of youths who reportedly nabbed him in Takoradi, Ghana.

According to Ghana Gossip blog, he was forced to laugh at himself for getting caught as he received heavy knocks on the head by one of the youths behind him.

Watch the video:

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Thief swiftly steals a man’s phone after he positioned it to record himself in public (Video)

A video making the rounds online captures the moment a man lost his phone to a thief in the blink of an eye.

The young man had positioned his phone on a car in order to record himself as he danced.

Unfortunately as he was dancing and backed the phone, the thief ran like the flash and took the phone with him.

But before the owner realized what happened, the thief had disappeared.

Watch the video:

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