By Anne Osemekeh, Abuja
Operatives of the FCT Police Command have arrested six suspects including a staff of Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), for vandalising and stealing a transformer.
The FCT Police Command’s PRO, Josephine Adeh, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, said the suspects were apprehended on April 11, 2024, at about 10:45pm, following receipt of credible intelligence.
The suspects were trying to escape with an already vandalized transformer, which they had loaded on a crane truck in Maitama, when police operatives swooped in and apprehended them.
Items recovered from the suspects include the vandalized transformer, a crane truck, a blue-colored Mercedes Benz with registration number PKN 497 XA, a white-colored J5 bus with registration number RBC 228 XC, and an ash-colored Peugeot 406 car with registration number GSN 13 AA, belonging to the AEDC staff.
The suspects are Kabiru Muhammed, Aliyu Usman, Abdulmalik Alhasassan, Shafi’u Suleiman, Suleiman Ibrahim, and Raymond Mailabari, the AEDC staff.
The Command urges residents to be vigilant and take advantage of the police emergency lines to report suspicious activities through:
08032003913, 08028940883, 08061581938, and 07057337653 PCB: 09022222352, CRU: 08107314192.
