21st August, 2023
By Adejoke Adeleye, Ogun
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested three notorious armoured cable vandals at the Iwopin area of the state.
The police command, in a statement issued by its spokeswoman, SP Omolola Odutola revealed that the suspects Saliu Ashimiu, 26; Awolu Ibrahim, 25 and Saliu Ibrahim, 25, were arrested by marine officer SP Ebietomoye Adeleke.
She said the suspects were sighted by the officer cutting the armoured cables of an electric pole at the Igbolile Street area of Iwopin and that on sighting the men, the officer mobilised his team to the scene where three out of the four were apprehended.
Recovered from the three suspects, Odutola said were three button phones, one android phone, two iron cable cutters, clothes and repulsive charms.
She quoted the Commissioner of Police as saying that the vandals deliberately and willfully damaged and destroyed public or private property meant for the common enjoyment of the public.
“This set of young persons cannot claim ignorance of the law, because this will not be their first time, on conviction, they risk a jail term.
“They will be charged to Court accordingly and the other suspect who escaped will surely be tracked and arrested,” she quoted the commissioner as saying.