The mace stolen from the Ogun state house of assembly has
been recovered in the Abule Ado area of Lagos state.
Muyiwa Adejobi, police public relations officer in Lagos,
confirmed the development on Friday.
In a statement, Adejobi said policemen who acted on
intelligence from some residents of Abule Ado found the symbol of authority of
the Ogun assembly.
“The police operatives attached to Trade Fair Station of the
Lagos State Police Command today Friday 11th December, 2020, recovered the
missing mace of the Ogun State House of Assembly at Abule Ado Area of the state
at about 8.30am,” he said.
“The police operatives, who were responsive, worked on an
intelligence from the members of the community that someone in a moving
vehicle, suspected to be Toyota Siena 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.
“The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu
however promised to assist the Ogun State Police Command in the investigation
into the incident that led to the recovery of the mace.”
Olakunle Oluomo, speaker of the assembly, had said the
motive of the theft was unknown.
“I do not know the motive of the stealing but it is true and
the police are already on top of it,” he said.
“I have to say that even the CP himself and other top
officials have been to the assembly to see what really happened.
“I am not suspecting anybody, I see it as a theft but the
police investigation will tell us what really happened. It will not affect our
sitting, when we are ready to sit ,our mace will come up.”
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