Police Recover Ogun Assembly’s Stolen Mace In Lagos
The operatives of Lagos State Police Command on Friday recovered Ogun State House of Assembly Mace that was declared missing in a bush in Abule-Ado, Amuwo-Odofin Local Government in Lagos State.
It was gathered that the mace was recovered by the law enforcement agency at about 8.30 am on Friday after receiving a tip-off from residents that a vehicle threw out an object into the nearby bush and sped off.
It was further gathered that after the police recovered the item said to have been dumped in the bush and discovered that the object was the missing mace that was stolen from the Ogun House of Assembly by suspected burglars.
The State Police Commissioner, Hakeem Odumosu who confirmed the development said frantic efforts were being made as of the time of filling the report to hand mace over to the Ogun police command.
The commissioner said the Lagos State police command would assist the Ogun State Police Command in the investigation into the incident that led to the recovery of the mace in Lagos.
In a statement signed by the Command spokesman, Ademuyiwa Adejobi, the commissioner stated that the Trade Fair Station of the Lagos State Police Command has swung into action to investigate the issue.
“The police operatives, who were responsive, worked on intelligence from the members of the community that someone in a moving vehicle, suspected to be Toyota Sienna Space Wagon, threw out an object into the nearby bush and recovered the object which was later identified to be the Ogun State House of Assembly Mace.
“The mace had been allegedly stolen from the House of Assembly complex, Ogun State recently. It has been handed over to the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu, who later instructed the DCP State CID, Lagos State, Yetunde Longe, to protect the mace and liaise with the Ogun State Police Command on the return of the recovered mace to Ogun State”.
