Suspected cable thief arrested in Lagos

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The Police Command in Lagos State says it has detained a suspected vandal, Demola Oladega, believed to have stolen cables in the Ikotun area of the state.

The commandโ€™s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to journalists on Saturday in Lagos.

He said that the police received information from a security guard about the incident on Wednesday about 6:30 a.m.

โ€œThe Ikotun Division received a distress call from a security man attached to a company on Governorโ€™s Road that he suspected an unusual movement of two young men on a motorcycle.

โ€œBased on the information, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), immediately mobilised anti-robbery patrol of the division to the scene.

โ€œOladega was arrested while the other suspect fled,โ€ he said.

The spokesperson said that the police recovered the vandalised cable wires, one fairly used battery and a pongxing motorcycle with registration number KSF 854 QK.

The image maker said that efforts were ongoing to track the fleeing suspect. (NAN)

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