POLICE ARREST CABLE VANDALS
BY DAMILOLA LAWRENCE
Officers of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) in Lagos State have arrested two suspected cable vandals, Akpan Fortune and Stanley Umebuane, who have allegedly been destroying telecommunications cables around Lagos State.
The suspects were arrested in Ikeja and Ikoyi on Sunday, November 6, 2022.
Fortune was arrested in the morning on Acme Crescent, Agidingbi, Ikeja after accessing and vandalizing telecommunication and generator cables in a substation in the area.
Meanwhile, Umebuane was caught in the act by an RRS team on routine patrol on Sunday night at Gerrard Road, Ikoyi, digging up electricity cables with a shovel.
Recovered from them were a shovel and different types of vandalized cables.
The image maker in charge of the state police command, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest in a statement he personally signed and made available to the Nigerian Tribune.
The Commander, Rapid Response Squads (RRS), CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi has since transferred the suspects to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti for further investigation and prosecution.
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