*SP Josephine Adeh, Police Public Relations Officer of the FCT Command of the Nigeria Police discloses the preliminary investigations showed the arrested infrastructure vandals are members of ‘a criminal gang’, specialising in vandalism and theft of public, private infrastructure across districts in Abuja
Isola Moses | ConsumerConnect
Following their routine anti-crime patrol within the country’s capital city centre, operatives of the Nigeria Police, FCT Command, attached to Central Police Station have arrested eight suspects for allegedly vandalising streetlights, in Abuja.
SP Josephine Adeh, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the FCT Police Command, who disclosed this in a statement, confirmed that the operatives effected the arrest during their regular anti-crime patrol within the FCT.
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The statement listed the names of the eight arrested suspects as Sani Musa, Ashiru Adamu, Markus Joseph, Suleman Ibrahim, Jamilu Umar, Usman Aliyu, Uzairu Sani, and Shafiu Bala.
Official: Suspects specialise in vandalism, theft of public, private infrastructure
Highlighting the criminal activities of the arrested suspects, SP Adeh alleged that the preliminary investigations showed that the purported infrastructure vandals are members of a criminal gang that specialises in the vandalism and theft of public and private infrastructure across the Central Business District (CBD), Maitama, Wuse, Garki, and Asokoro districts of the FCT.
Following their arrest, the FCT Police Command PRO said the operatives recovered five long streetlight poles, cut at their base and suspected to have been stolen from the suspects.
The statement further noted that exhibits and suspects would remain in Police custody, and they would be charged to court at the conclusion of ongoing investigations.
The FCT Police Command, therefore, urged residents of Abuja City to remain vigilant.
The Police advised the people to promptly report suspicious persons and activities to the nearest Police station, or through the FCT Command’s emergency lines: 08032003913, 08061581938.