Policemen attached to Owode Onirin division along Ikorodu Road of Lagos , early on Wednesday morning 29th September 2021, foiled an attempt to steal from a mobile base Station in Irawo Community of the area . An eye witness account claimed that ,Men numbering about Seven came with a Danfo Bus to burgle and steal equipments worth millions of Naira from a moblie base station belonging to a Telecom mobile operator ( Name withheld) in the Community .
According to Segun Ojo who is a resident of the community, the efforts of the vigilante group and the quick response of the police prevented the hoodlums from achieving their aim . cvnewsng.com gathered that the Mobile operator through their monitoring camera sighted the hoodlums from.their control room and alerted the police .
Our correspondent gathered that Five out of the seven men that came for the operation were arrested by the police while two escaped . The Danfo vehicle they came with was also taken away to the Police station .
When Contacted , the DPO in charge of the Division , Charles Sawyer said he’s not authorized to give details about the incident . He therefore directed our correspondent to the State’s police image maker .
The PPRO , CSP Kunle Ajisebutu promised to make inquiries and give a detailed response when contacted on the telephone,
As at the time of filling this report , the PPRO has yet to revert as promised .
