Osun State Police command on Wednesday paraded two suspects, Olalere Gbenga, 54 and Muftau Balogun, 37, for buying three bags of 50kg rice with fake alert.
The suspects confessed to have been arrested and undergoing trials for similar offences before an Osun State Magistrate court late last year.
Fielding questions from newsmen, the suspects admitted that they have been remanded in prison for similar offence and came out to continue, even while their matter is still in court.
"We were remanded for two months before they granted us bail. We were returning from the court on that day when Gbenga said we should go and buy rice with fake alert and they arrested us after buying three bags of rice," Balogun said.
Gbenga disclosed that he was dismissed from Ministry of Finance in Oyo State, before meeting Balogun on the street and took him as a friend.
While parading the suspects, Osun police command spokesperson, Yemisi Opalola explained that the suspects were arrested on January 6, 2025 at about 6:45pm, upon information received from members of Local Hunters Group, Osogbo.
The suspects who were allegedly arrested with three bags of rice, were said to have been arrested by the Police operative from Ata-Oja division in September, 2024 on similar offence reported by about 24 complainants.
"The suspects were charged to court and remanded at the Ilesa Correctional Centre for two months-September to November, 2024 but unfortunately, the very day they were granted bail at the court, they went and committed the same offence of purchasing rice/vegetable oil with fake transfer alerts where nemesis caught up with them," she said.
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