{"id":864,"date":"2025-08-26T15:55:53","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T15:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=864"},"modified":"2025-08-26T15:55:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T15:55:58","slug":"police-arrest-security-guard-for-masterminding-burglary-in-lagos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=864","title":{"rendered":"Police arrest security guard for masterminding burglary in Lagos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Detectives of Iju Division of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a security guard for conspiracy, house breaking, and stealing, with exhibits recovered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement by the Lagos State Police spokesman, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, on August 15, 2025, a resident of the Ifako area reported that upon returning home, he discovered his house had been broken into by unknown persons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Asake - Organise (Official Video)\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_u4_iWCvZ5c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hundeyin said among the stolen items included one Sumec generator, one Fireman generator, one National air conditioner and three air conditioner compressor engines, all valued at \u20a61,785,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following the investigation, police detectives arrested one Yisa Hassan, aged 38, a security guard in the same neighbourhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Further investigations revealed that the suspect conspired with others still at large to commit the crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hundeyin said that the stolen items have been recovered, while efforts are ongoing to apprehend Hassan\u2019s accomplices, and the case will be charged in court upon completion of the investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said, \u201cThe Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Olohundare Jimoh, assured residents that the command will leave no stone unturned in bringing criminal elements to justice while urging them to always do proper background checks of employees before engaging them.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/news\/nigeria\/metro\/police-arrest-security-guard-for-masterminding-burglary-in-lagos\/\">(Guardian)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Detectives of Iju Division of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a security guard for conspiracy, house breaking, and stealing, with exhibits recovered. 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