Police arrest two over electric cable vandalism in Nasarawa

The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested 2 men suspected of vandalising electrical cables and poles on the Gitata-Gunduma Road successful the state.

The suspects, identified arsenic Chigozie Igbokwe, 41, and Emmanuel John, 45, some residents of Jikwoyi successful the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), were arrested successful the aboriginal hours of Friday during a regular patrol by officers attached to the Gitata Police Division.

SP Ramhan Nansel, the Police Public Relations Officer of the command, successful a connection connected Saturday stated that the suspects were arrested astatine astir 5:40 a.m. portion allegedly transporting vandalised electrical materials.

Other items recovered from the suspects see robust cutters, pliers, spanners, electrical cables, and a grey Hyundai Sonata with registration fig GWA 44 PM, which constabulary said was utilized to convey the vandalised items.

Nansel noted that the apprehension followed the vigilance of the patrol squad conducting regular information operations on the road.

He added that the Commissioner of Police successful the state, CP Shetima Jauro Mohammed, has directed that the lawsuit beryllium transferred to the State Criminal Inve...