Edo State Police Command arrested Ahmed Ibrahim, a notorious burglar, for stealing nine plasma televisions from three different hotels in Edo and Lagos states.
This was explained by ASP Jennifer Iwegbu, the command’s assistant public relations officer.
The statement said: “At around 09:30 on July 14, 2022, the Edo State Police Command arrested a suspect of burglary and theft.
“This achievement was made possible by the Ekpoma Area Command receiving a complaint from a Mr. Adekunle Olalekun, the Manager of Mindcast Hotel, Ekpoma, Edo State, that at around 17:00 on 07/13/2022 an Ahmed Ibrahim ‘M’, 24 years old, booked three rooms at the hotel.
Shortly after booking the rooms, the said Ahmed Ibrahim unnoticed left the hotel with his luggage he had come in with, unbeknownst to hotel management, the three TVs in the three rooms he had booked were what the suspect was when he would be in Check out luggage packed.
“Through discreet investigation and information gathering by police officers, the suspect was traced to the Hausa cattle market in Ekpoma, where he was arrested.
The suspect was found to have neatly packed the plasma televisions to take them to Abuja for sale before his arrest.
“He has confessed to stealing the three plasma televisions and six other plasma televisions from two different locations: three from the Beverly Hills Hotel, Ekpoma, Esan West Local Government Area in Edo State and the other three from a hotel in the Mazamaza area of the State of Lagos.”
The statement added that the suspect will soon be brought to justice.
