Five persons have been arrested by operatives of the Lagos State Rapid Response Squad (RRS) after digging 20 metres to steal telecommunication cable at Ikoyi, Lagos.
The suspects identified as Yekini Mohammed, 52, Mohammed Abdullahi, 37, Tukur Mukaila, 42, Abdulrazaq Abdulrahmon, 25 and Danladi Nura, 45, were nabbed at about 2:30 am on Wednesday, September 8, 2022, by police officers on patrol at Oyinkan Abayomi, off Alexander Road, Ikoyi.
At the time of arrest, they were with a white Volkswagen T4 bus with the registration number, KTU 357 YF with which they wanted to convey the stolen cables.
Disclosing this on Thursday, the Lagos State Police spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin added revealed that “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 others who are scrap and metal dealers to pick up scrap materials at different locations in Victoria Island and Ikoyi for delivery at Lakulaku, Obalende, where they sell them off.
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.
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