Nigerian Police Arrest Two Vandals In Enugu Destroying Transformers, Streetlights
They have since been arraigned in court, with one suspect convicted and the other remanded in a Correctional Centre.
The Enugu State Police Command announced on Thursday the arrest of two male suspects in connection with the vandalism of a transformer and solar-powered streetlights.
According to a statement released by the Command’s spokesperson, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, the suspects were apprehended in separate operations conducted by operatives serving in the New Haven Division.
The statement revealed that the vandalised transformer components and streetlights were recovered from the suspects.
They have since been arraigned in court, with one suspect convicted and the other remanded in a Correctional Centre.
According to the statement, “on July 16, 2024, around 8:50 p.m., while on routine patrol along the Powerline area of New Haven, the Operatives sighted one Augustine Bajo James, aged 34, of New Artisan, Enugu, dismantling a power transformer inside the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TNC) substation office.
“The suspect, upon sighting the team, attempted to escape but was promptly arrested. The vandalised parts of the transformer were recovered from the suspect, who confessed to the crime and admitted to committing similar acts of vandalism.
“The suspect was arraigned in the Enugu North Magistrate Court for stealing on Thursday, July 18, 2024, and remanded in the Correctional Custodial Centre.”
On July 15, 2024, around 6am, Ndukwe said that the same operatives, acting on credible information, arrested one Addau Alihu, 28, of New Artisan while he was vandalising solar-powered streetlights along Nza Street, Independence Layout, Enugu.
He said that two pieces of the already dismantled streetlights were recovered from the suspect upon his arrest.
“He was arraigned in the Enugu Magistrate Court for stealing, on July 17, 2024, convicted, and summarily sentenced to one month community service.”
The PPRO said that the State Commissioner, Kanayo Uzuegbu, has reiterated the unwavering resolve of the Command to sustain the ongoing onslaught against vandals and other criminal elements in the State.
He, however, called on the residents to continue to assist the police with credible and actionable information required to make the necessary police operations seamless and less cumbersome.
