NSCDC arrests ex-AEDC staff, 12 others over N350m electricity cable vandalism

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested a erstwhile unit subordinate of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) and 12 others implicit their alleged engagement successful the vandalism of energy cables worthy much than N350 cardinal successful Abuja.

The suspects were besides arrested successful transportation with alleged car theft, equipped robbery and quality trafficking crossed the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and neighbouring states.

The NSCDC National Public Relations Officer, Assistant Commandant Babawale Afolabi, disclosed this during a parade astatine the Corps’ National Headquarters successful Abuja and astatine a transgression country successful Yangoji, Kwali Area Council.

Afolabi said the arrests were made by the Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad (CG’s SIS) arsenic portion of efforts to support captious nationalist assets and infrastructure.

He said the operations covered the FCT and Nasarawa, Plateau, Kogi, Benue, Niger and Kaduna states.

“One of the large suspects arrested is 25-year-old Isaac Zegbe, a erstwhile AEDC employee, who allegedly worked with his accomplices to vandalise much than 15 kilometres of aluminium conductors betwixt Yangoji and Abaji.

“The vandalised cables were valued astatine much than N350 cardinal and were aboriginal supplied to buyers successful antithetic markets crossed the FCT,” helium said.