The Kwara state command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), has paraded two suspects with locally made pistols after an unsuccessful robbery at Offa, the second commercial city in the state.

The suspects, Isiaka Issa and Fatah Hamsat, 19 years old, were caught at Omowumi area, Offa, at about 9 pm when they broke into a house and demanded for laptops, other accessories from their victim at gunpoint.

The police spokesman, Kadir Olarewaju, said the suspects were apprehended by residents of the area after a locally made pistol pointed on the victim fell from one of the robbers, now at large during a confrontation from a victim.

"The other two suspects were apprehended by residents who heard the victims shouting thief. So, our men got there and they were arrested," he stated.

Olarewaju, also disclosed that the Command had discovered a hideout of oil bunkers at a village in Ogbomoso, Oyo state, where about 50 jerry cans and a vehicle used by the bunkers were recovered and handed over to the NNPC, Ilorin depot.

He explained that residents of the area alerted the command that illegal oil bunkering was going on in the area, adding that his men invaded the area, but a suspect sighted in the building used as a hideout ran away on sighting the police.