The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 53-year-old farmer, Oloyede David, for allegedly stealing three bags of pineapples from a fellow farmer’s plantation in Orile-Ilugun, Odeda Local Government Area.
According to reports, another farmer witnessed David harvesting pineapples from the plantation of Ola Omotayo, an indigene of Ilesa, Osun State. The witness immediately alerted other farmers in the area, who assisted in apprehending David. The stolen pineapples, valued at over ₦90,000, were recovered.
Confirming the arrest, Ogun State Police Command spokesperson Omolola Odutola stated that officers from the Orile-Ilugun outstation apprehended David at around 11:58 a.m. on Tuesday, March 18.
Odutola explained, “The farmer who caught the suspect quickly alerted others, and they helped apprehend David. He was found with three bags of pineapples valued at approximately ₦90,000. The owner of the farm, Omotayo, confirmed the theft upon arrival. She also mentioned that other items, including pineapples worth ₦650,000 and a submersible pumping machine worth ₦180,000, had been stolen from her farm previously.”
David has been taken to the police station with the recovered pineapples, and the Divisional Crime Branch has since taken over the investigation.