By Maureen Ojinaka
Enugu, – The Enugu State Police Command has arrested a suspected electricity transformer cable vandal, who has been operating for months within Enugu metropolis.
The Command’s spokesman, SP Ebere Amaraizu, said on Friday in Enugu that the suspect, one Chizoba Akam, was specialized in the vandalism of electricity transformer and selling its cables and parts to his cohorts.
Amaraizu noted that the suspect was nabbed by police operatives of the Trans Ekulu Division of the command on July 24 at about 5:30 a.m.
He said that the police recovered vandalized transformer armoured cables and other transformer parts from the suspect.
“It was gathered that the suspect, Chizoba Akam, who claimed that he is from New Artisan Market, Enugu, was nabbed by police operatives on early morning routine patrol with armoured cables stocked inside a sack bag and with a view to beat security check.
“It was further gathered that the suspected notorious vandal is an indigene of Igbeagu Town in Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.
He said, “the intermediate cables was vandalized from Mrs Obiekwe Sub-station of the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) at Ugbene in Enugu East LGA.’’
The police spokesman noted that the command’s Criminal Intelligence and Investigations Department (CIID) had commenced investigation of the matter
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