Suspected transformer thieves. Photo: X@FCT_PoliceNG
Federal Capital Territory Police Command has arrested six suspects including a staff of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) for vandalising and stealing a transformer in Abuja.
The said transformer was stolen at the Mpape area of the FCT, just as the Command spokesperson, Josephine Adeh disclosed that the arrest was made on late Thursday.
According to Adeh: "The operatives of the FCT police command on April 11, 2024, at about 10:45 p.m, acting on credible intelligence, trailed and arrested six suspects, namely Kabiru Muhammed, Aliyu Usman, Abdulmalik Alhasassan, Shafi’u Suleiman, Suleiman Ibrahim, and Raymond Mailabari, who is an AEDC staff, all males of Tipper Garage, Mpape, Abuja, for vandalising and stealing a transformer.
She noted that the suspects were trying to escape with the vandalised transformer and had already loaded it on a truck in the Maitama area of the FCT, adding that they ran out of luck when police operatives swooped in and arrested them.
Adeh hinted that the vandalised transformer, a crane truck, a blue-colored Mercedes Benz with Reg No. PKN 497 XA, a white-colored J5 bus with Reg No. RBC 228 XC, and an ash-colored Peugeot 406 car with Reg No. GSN 13 AA belonging to the AEDC staff were all recovered at the scene of the incident.
She stated that investigations have been launched into the matter.
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