- Safiu Kehinde
A middled-aged man identified as Jeremiah Kosesochi Nwoke has reportedly died while attempting to steal the Agemo statue located at the Itoro Roundabout in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State.
This was disclosed in a post shared on X on Saturday.
According to the post, the incident occurred on Friday night.
Nwoke had reportedly made several attempts to uproot the statue situated near the roundabout leading to the palace of the Awujale of Ijebuland.
However, the deceased allegedly managed to uproot the heavily-padded statue, but died in the process of carting it away.
See video below: