Four Arrested For Vandalizing Cable Worth N10m

Officials of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence (NSCDC) have arrested four men for destroying cables worth over ten million naira which belong to Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC).

The suspects were arrested while moving the cables in a vehicle to their buyers.

Parading the suspects in Akure, the state commandant of the NSCDC, Pedro Ideba said the suspects would be charged to court to serve as a deterrent to others.

Also paraded was a man who is pretending to be a lunatic

Ideba said an alert of a deposit of over one million was found on his phone.

The suspects confessed to the crime and have been handed over to the police for onward prosecution.