Police nab two suspects for vandalizing  IBEDC cable

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Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command say they have arrested two suspected electric cable vandals for allegedly vandalizing and stealing of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) Cable in ijebu Ode.

Crime report from the command indicated that the suspects were nab Ed on Wednesday the 1st of June 2022.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi gave the names of the suspects as; Odogwu Wisdom and Akorede Aregbe.

He said they nabbed following a distress call received by the Divisional Police Officer, Igbeba divisional headquarters, at about 2 a.m, from local vigilante at Olisa area of ijebu Ode, that some vandals were carrying out their nefarious activities at an IBEDC transformer base station in the area.

Acting on the information, Oyeyemi said the DPO Igbeba division, CSP Musiliu Doga, quickly led patrol team to the area where Odogwu Wisdom,who came to the area on a motorcycle was arrested with already cut cable from the electricity installation in the area, while his other colleagues escaped.

He said during interrogation, Odogwu Wisdom confessed that he and his gang specialised in stealing electric cable, he also mentioned one Akorede Aregbe as one of their receivers.

The state police spokesman added that having mentioned the receiver, the policemen went after him and got him arrested as well.

Recovered from them are large quantities of cable suspected to have been stolen from IBEDC installation as well as tools they are using for the illicit trade.

Meanwhile, the state Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, has ordered the transfer of the suspects to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation.

 

 

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