Men of the Special force patrolling the
Maiduguri-Damboa axis of Borno State on
Monday apprehended suspected vandals of
electricity cables in the area.
The accused were arrested while trying to
escape with their loots in a truck after carting
them from their installed locations.
Those arrested were Aliyu Jubril, 24 years old
man, who is also a member of National Youth
Service Corps, Ismail Baba, 22 years old and a
student of Ramat Polytechnic, Mohammed
Suleiman, aged 25, a driver and Mohammed
Bukar aged 15, and assistant to the driver, at
Silo along Maiduguri-Damboa road while
attempting to cart away heavy armoured cable
belonging to Power Holding Company of Nigeria
(PHCN) that they vandalized.
A statement by the Acting Director, Colonel Sani
Kukasheka Usman explained that the culprits
lifted and loaded the heavy cables in a truck
using a crane with registration number
09B-15BO before their arrest.
“One of the suspects came with a Honda
Accord car (2001 model) with registration
number GA 544-ABC in a bid to escort to an
undisclosed location.
“The suspects are being interrogated and would
soon be handed over to the appropriate security
agency,” the statement disclosed