Lagos police nab two cable thieves | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News ⬇️
Officers of the Rapid Response Squad have arrested two cable vandals in different parts of Lagos State. The suspects are 28-year-old Akpan Fortune and 24-year-old Stanley Umebuane were arrested in Ikeja and Ikoyi respectively on Sunday, November 6, 2022.
Spokesperson for Lagos State Police Command, Benjamin Hundeyin said Fortune was arrested in the morning on Acme Crescent, Agidingbi, Ikeja, after accessing and vandalising telecommunication and generator cables in a substation in the area, while Umebuane was caught in the act by 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 vandalised cables. Hundeyin said Commander, RRS, Chief Superintendent of Police Olayinka Egbeyemi has since transferred the suspects to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department , Panti, for further investigation and prosecution.
MEANWHILE, the PPRO has called on Lagosians to report cases of one-chance robberies to the nearest police station. “Kindly help educate people that they should always report at the station. People must learn to report, it will help us and help them. It’s not enough to talk about it, the exact location must be reported,” he said.
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