CRIME: POLICE ARREST 18-YEAR-OLD IN LAGOS FOR STEALING LED LIGHTS ON THIRD MAINLAND BRIDGE
Around ten in the morning on Friday, Mubarak Abdullahi, 18, was taken into custody by members of the Lagos Rapid Response Squad for allegedly stealing the LED road stud lights from the recently reconstructed Third Mainland Bridge.
This was announced on Friday in a statement posted on X.com.
The statement claims that when the Makoko resident suspect was apprehended by patrolling officers, he had already taken out ten of the lights.
The statement read, “Operatives of Lagos Rapid Response Squad (RRS) around 10am on Friday arrested a suspected vandal removing LED road stud light on the newly renovated Third Mainland Bridge.
“The suspect, Mubarak Abdullahi (18), living in Makoko had, at the time of his arrest, removed 10 of the LED road stud light screwed to the road to enhance the visibility of road users
“The suspect was caught red-handed by the operatives on patrol of the bridge around 10:00 a.m today.”
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