The Police Command in Niger, says it has arrested three suspects over alleged vandalism of electric cables in different locations of the state.
This is contained in a statement by its Public Relations officer, SP Wasiu Abiodun, on Thursday in Minna.
Abiodun said that two suspects were arrested by members of a vigilante group and police operatives attached to Sarkin-Pawa, Munya Local Government Area, on June 10, at 11:50p.m.
He said that the suspects, aged 25 and 30, from Kwagana village, Beni area of Sarkin-Pawa, were arrested by the team during a routine patrol on the Beni/Sarkin-Pawa road.
Abiodun explained that two men, who came in a white Lexus vehicle with registration number RKD 84 AU, were caught vandalizing electric cables of over one hundred metres length.
The spokesperson said: “the cable cutter was also recovered with the exhibits vandalized, they confessed that they planned to sell the cables to a buyer in Abuja.”
He said that the suspects have been transferred to SCID Minna for further investigation and prosecution.
