Some youths of Danialu Upper Gaa-Akanbi area in Ilorin, Kwara state’s capital on Friday August 6 apprehended a suspected serial burglar identified as Aina Toheeb.
The suspect was nabbed while allegedly trying to burgle a house in the community after scaling a fence. He was apprehended after a resident saw him and raised an alarm.
An eyewitness said; “I saw the young man who I suspected to be a thief jumping into the compound through the fence and entered one of the apartments on the premises. I immediately raised an alarm and the action drew the attention of everyone in the neighbourhood who later gave him a hot chase.The suspect must have been on the business for long considering the way and manner he was jumping over several fences including a security fence and maneouvering his way in order to escape.”
The suspect who was caught with a black bag containing different metal objects suspected to be magnetic irons and different sizes of keys which he allegedly uses to carry out his operation, confessed to being a professional burglar that had burgled several apartments around Danialu and within Ilorin.