The stolen mace from the Ogun State House of Assembly has been recovered in Lagos State, police said on Friday.
A statement by the Public Relations Officer of the Lagos State PoliceĀ Command, Muyiwa Adejobi, said the mace was recovered around the Abule Ado area of Lagos.
Burglars, who invaded the Ogun State House of Assembly on Thursday had stolen the symbol of authority, damaging properties in the assembly in the process.
āThe 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,ā the statement read in part.
Adejobi said, āThe 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.
āThe 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.ā
