Cable Vandals Arrested By Police

Officers of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) have arrested two cable vandals in different parts of Lagos.

The suspects, Akpan Fortune, 28 and Stanley Umebuane, 24 were arrested in Ikeja and Ikoyi on Sunday, November 6, 2022.

Confirming their arrest, the spokesperson, Lagos State Police Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin,
said that Fortune was arrested in the morning on Acme Crescent, Agidingbi, Ikeja after accessing and vandalizing telecommunication and generator cables in a substation in the area.

Umebuane on his part was caught in the act by an RRS team on routine patrol on Sunday night at Gerrard Road, Ikoyi, digging up electricity cables with a shovel.

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Recovered from them were a shovel and different types of vandalized cables.

Commander, Rapid Response Squads (RRS), CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi has since transferred the suspects to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti for further investigation and prosecution.

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