JUST IN: Ogun Assembly stolen mace recovered in Lagos – Police

The Lagos State Police Command on Friday said it has recovered the mace of the Ogun State House of Assembly that was stolen on Thursday.

This was disclosed in a statement by the Public Relations Officer of the Lagos State Police Command, Muyiwa Adejobi, adding that the mace, taken by burglars from the Ogun State Assembly complex, was recovered around the Abule Ado area of Lagos.

“The police operatives attached to Trade Fair Station of the Lagos State Police Command today, Friday, December 11, 2020, recovered the missing mace of the Ogun State House of Assembly at Abule Ado Area of the state at about 8.30 am,” the statement read in part.

The burglars, who stole the mace, also damaged properties in the assembly. They are believed to be hoodlums.

Adejobi said: “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 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, 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 statement also quoted Odumosu as promising to assist the Ogun State Police Command in the investigation into the incident that led to the recovery of the mace.