The Osun Amotekun Corps personnel have detained Tope Jaiye and Musibau Isiaka, two suspected pickpockets.
The suspects were apprehended by security personnel at the All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial grand finale campaign rally on Tuesday in Osogbo, which was held at the Osogbo City Stadium.
Jaiye claimed to be from Akure, Ondo State, and Isiaka claimed to have travelled for the act from Ibadan, Oyo State.
They admitted to having been in the act for so long and being caught by the police so frequently after their arrests.
Meanwhile, the Osun Amotekun Corps Field Commander, Amitolu Shittu, chatting with journalists, stated that the suspects were apprehended after they were caught in the act by their operatives at the APC mega rally at the stadium.
“We arrested 2 notorious criminals today who specialise in picking pockets and nipping cell phones of the personalities and dignitaries at the programmes, but luck ran against the duo after perpetrating the act and our intelligent officers who are on surveillance at the rally arrested them,” he said.
While revealing that the outfit had arrested pickpockets at other rallies within the State for stealing cell phones, Shittu stated that the suspects will be handed over to the police on Wednesday.