‘I was hungry’ – Man arrested by Amotekun for looting shop in Ekiti confesses

<p>The Western Nigeria Security Network, codenamed Amotekun, Ekiti State Command, has arrested one labourer identified as Sunday Ojo, 35, for burgling into a shop and carting away food items worth over N100,000.</p>, <p>Ojo, according to the Chief of Operation of the Corps, Ajayi Aderotimi, was arrested on Tuesday in Inisa, Odo-Ado Ekiti, following a tip-off by his employer over the possession of questionable volumes of food items in the hut where he stays.</p>, <p>He said the suspect stole the food items on Friday night, July 14, before he was finally arrested on July 25.</p>, <p>The food items include, a bag of rice, a pack of Indomie Noodles, a pack of Three Crown Milk, Peak Milk, detergent, a pack of spaghetti, seasoning, among others.</p>, <p>In his words, “Following a tip off yesterday, this suspect was arrested at Odo-Ado for burglary and theft of food items.</p>, <p>“It was a tip off by his employer and the neighborhood because they noticed such questionable volumes of food items inside a hut where he stays on the farm.”</p>, <p>Upon interrogation by journalists, the suspect confessed to the crime, adding that he had been eating the food items before he was caught.</p>, <p>When asked further, he said hunger and delayed payment by his employer led him to the act.</p>, <p>“I stole the food items because I had nothing on me again, and when I worked for my employer, he would not pay me on time. That was why I displayed such an act of greed,” he admitted.</p>, <p>On her part, the Victim, Olumoroti Tolulope, grieved over the act, adding that she bought the food items on credit in order to take care of her family.</p>, <p>Tolulope, who is a local government staff in Ado-Ekiti, said she was transferred from Efon to Ado-Ekiti five months ago and borrowed over N100,000 to purchase the goods on Thursday before the suspect looted the food items the following day.</p>, <p>However, Ajayi Aderotimi said the suspect will be transferred to the Nigeria Police Force for further investigation and actions.</p>