The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp, NSCDC, has arrested three suspects for allegedly vandalising electrical equipment belonging to the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company in Kogi State, Our Roving National Correspondent reports.
The three suspects identified as Hamza Salifu, age 28, Ishiaka Suleiman, age 23, and Abdulkadir Gambo, age 20 were arrested in Idah Local Government Area of the state.
Parading the three suspects, the State Commandant of NSCDC, Everestus Obiyo stated that as part of the Command’s responsibilities in the protection of critical infrastructure and national assets, the three suspects were arrested in connection to criminal conspiracy, vandalism of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company armoured cable and receiving of stolen property.
According to the Commandant, the suspects were caught during operation at Idah Local Government of the state.
NSCDC also raised alarm on the activities of scavengers in the state, noting that some suspected hoodlums hide under the guise of scavenging to vandalised government properties.
To check the excesses of these set of criminal elements, Obiyo said he has deployed special force across the 21 local governments of the state to ensure the protection of government and private properties in the state.
Hamza Salifu, one of the suspects from Idah said he was arrested with cables as he stole it from a company called Hippo in Ogbogbo in Idah Local Government Eastern flank of the Confluence State.
Salifu claimed that he came down from Enugu where he was into a petty trade (selling Gala) on the streets of the Coal City (Enugu) before he followed his friend, an Hausa man who introduced him into the illegal business.
The suspect added that he joined vandalising business four months ago, lamenting that no one was willing to help him since he lost his parents.
According to Salifu, his accomplice who is currently on the run took to his heels upon hearing of his arrest.
Items recovered from the suspects include vandalised cables, clothes and different handsets.
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