The Lagos State Police Command has apprehended eight individuals suspected of electric cable vandalism.
The command recovered a significant amount of armoured cable, measuring over 100 meters, from the suspects.
The arrests were made at Anthony Village, with an additional suspect being apprehended at the Igbo Efon area of Lagos state.
The confiscated armoured cable is believed to have been stolen from a construction site in Lekki.
The Lagos State Police Command made the announcement via its official Twitter account on June 9, 2023.
The statement read, “Operatives of Lagos Rapid Response Squad have arrested eight suspected cable thieves and recovered over 100-metre-long armoured cable from one of the suspects in Igbo Efon, Lekki.
“Seven of the suspects were arrested at about 9:30 p.m. in Anthony Village, Lagos on June 1, 2023, when RRS operatives on patrol in the area accosted them while digging and shovelling the ground for armoured cable belonging to Ikeja Electric.
“The suspects, Kamalu Mohammed ‘m’ aged 32, Usman Lawal ‘m’ aged 33, Ibrahim Salisu ‘m’ aged 22, Hassan Salisu ‘m’ aged 20, Zulkiful Sani ‘m’ aged 23, Umar Haruna ‘m’ ages 26 and Amadu Muazu ‘m’ aged 22
“Further investigation led to the arrest of the last suspect, Nasir Lawal ‘m’ aged 30 with over 100-metres-long cable believed to have been stolen at a construction site around Igbo Efon, Lekki, Lagos.”
