Arrested teenage burglar claims he robbed to raise money for his junior WAEC
A serial home burglar has been arrested in Imo state and he is a teenager who is in JJS 3! He claimed he is stealing to pay his junior WAEC fee.
The Imo state police have arrested 19-year-old serial burglary suspect, Chidiebere Okpara at Obodoukwu, Ideato north local government area of the state.
Okpara was arrested by the operatives of Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Akokwa Annex, led by its commander, Banjoko Idahosa.
The teenager who belongs to a gang that specialises in burgling houses that the occupants are not around has been on the wanted list of the police for a time being. Okpara and his gang robbed in the night when the houses is empty or in the day time when the occupants would have gone to work.
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When Punch correspondent queried him on why he took to burgling people’s houses at his young age,the teenager said that he was doing it: “to raise money for his junior West African School Certificate Examination.”
The police alleged the teenager and his accomplice Obinna, who is on the run, broke into people’s houses, stole their properties and sold them at giveaway prices.
According to a police source: “The boy is a notorious burglar. Okpara and Obinna have been on our list for a long time now. They had a way of evading arrest. But this time, we were able to nab him while many of the stolen property have been recovered.”
One of the victims of Okpara and Obinna menace is one Egeonu Nwachukwu in Obodoukwu where they allegedly burgled his house and made away with a plasma television, DVD multiplayer set, gas cooker with burner and 20 plates were stolen.
The teenager and his gang also allegedly stole one standing fan, one generator valued at N75,000, one DVD, one gas cooker and burner, valued at N25,000.
“The victim came back home and met his house empty. Everything in the house was carted away. The suspect would steal in the dead of the night when the owner of the house was not at home or around noon when people must have gone to work,” the police said.
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Okpara and his gang members were alleged to be expert in using pliers to open doors to houses. The police have documented the crime and prepare their papers for them to be taken to court for trial.
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