Etim Ekpimah
Officials of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) have arrested five suspected telecommunication cable thieves in Ikoyi, Lagos.
Benjamin Hundeyin, a Superintendent of Police, said on Friday that the suspects are Yekini Mohammed (52), Mohammed Abdullahi (37), Tukur Mukaila (42), Abdulrazaq Abdulrahmon (25) and Danladi Nura (45).
According to him, the suspects were arrested around 2:30 am on Wednesday, September 7, 2022, by police officers on patrol at Oyinkan Abayomi, off Alexander Road, Ikoyi, with a white Volkswagen T4 bus with number plate, KTU 357 YF.
“The suspects had dug up a 20-metre-long telecommunication cable which they were about to move into the white bus. Also found in their possession were two diggers and two shovels.
“On interrogation, the driver of the bus, Yekini Mohammed, explained that he was invited to the location by the others who are scrap and metal dealers to pick up scrap materials at different areas in Victoria Island and Ikoyi for delivery at Lakulaku, Obalende, where they sell them off,” he said.
Hundeyin added that the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Abiodun Alabi, has directed that the case be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Panti for further investigation and prosecution.