Police arrest two suspected cable vandals in Abuja

The Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Police person arrested 2 suspected vandals and recovered pieces of armoured cablegram allegedly stolen from nationalist and backstage infrastructure successful Abuja.

The suspects, identified arsenic Sagir Abubakar of Kuchigoro Village and Seidu Umar Bello, were arrested during a constabulary patrol successful the Guzape country of the FCT.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Josephine Adeh, disclosed this successful a connection connected Monday.

She said the incidental occurred astatine astir 1:30 americium connected October 31, 2026, erstwhile operatives attached to Guzape Division spotted a Lexus SUV and a Toyota Sienna parked suspiciously on Walter Ofonagoro Street.

According to her, the officers approached the vehicles to find retired wherefore the occupants were astatine the determination astatine that time, but the suspects sped disconnected aft sighting the police.

Adeh said 1 of the occupants was abandoned and attempted to flight connected ft but was chased and arrested by the operatives.

She added that a hunt of the surrounding country led to the betterment of respective armoured cables that had been chopped into pieces.

“Preliminary investigations revealed that the suspect, identified arsenic Sagir Abubakar of Kuchigoro Village, FCT, is simply a subordinate of a pack of vandals who people secluded locations wrong the FCT to vandalise nationalist and backstage infrastructure,...