The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Katsina State Command, has arrested a 60-year old man for allegedly vandalising high-tension electric wire.
The command’s spokesman, DSP
Buhari Hamisu, disclosed this to newsmen while parading the suspect in Katsina.
Hamisu said the suspect, Hassan
Abdullahi, was arrested by the NSCDC personnel of the Funtua Division.
“The special Anti vandal patrol
team attached to Funtua division, successfully apprehended the suspect, of
Lasanawa village in Maska, Funtua Local Government Areas.
“The suspect was later handed
to the state command headquarters for further investigation.
”Abubakar is a suspected vandal
of high tension electric cables belonging to the Transmission Company of
Nigeria (TCN) and theft.
“During investigation, the
suspect confessed to committing the crimes and revealed that on Aug. 28, 2024,
he went to the outskirts of the village, climbed high tension electric poles
and vandalised the wires.
“He also disclosed that he
removed different items, packed some of the items in bags and headed to scrap
dealers at Funtua town,” he said.
According to him, further
investigation revealed that the suspect met two scrap dealers in Funtua town
who refused to buy the items from him.
He said the exhibits recovered
from the suspect included angle iron, Channel iron, pension clamp, strap,
isolator handle and scattered disc insulator.
Hamisu said other exhibits were
adaptor socket, bolt and nuts, J-huck, spindles, electric aluminum conductors,
spanner, pinches and iron rod.
He further said that the
suspect would be charged to a competent court for prosecution after the completion
of the investigation.
The NSCDC spokesman called on
the good people of the state to be law-abiding and obey rules and regulations.
He said that the command would
not relent in its commitments to uncover all the activities of vandals,
economic saboteurs and other criminals in the state.
Hamisu said the corps in the
state also thanked the public for the continuous cooperation.
He urged for more support to
the security agencies by providing actionable and timely intelligence that
would help uncover the activities of miscreants in the State.
Hamisu said the command
remained dedicated to ensuring a peaceful atmosphere for the good people of the
state and Nigeria as a whole.
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