A mild drama ensued last week when an angry mob
tied two suspected cable thieves to a transformer
fence at Anagada village, Gwagwaalada Area
Council.
A resident of the community, simply identified as
Iliyasu, said the incident happened Wednesday
night.
He said the two suspects allegedly went to
vandalize a newly installed transformer at the
outskirts of the community but a security guard at
the village primary school heard strange sounds
from the direction of the transformer and raised
alarm.
“That attracted the attention of some youth who ran
after them. One of them was apprehended and
taken to the chief’s palace. But luck ran out on the
second one who came back the next day to carry
the cables inside the sack when he was also
nabbed and tied to the transformer fence together
with the first one,” he said.
He said the two suspects were later handed over to
men of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence
Corps (NSCDC) at Gwagwalada.
The Gwagwalada Area commander of the NSCDC
could not be reached for comments as at the time
of filing the report, but a civil defence officer, who
preferred anonymity, confirmed the arrest of the two
suspected cable vandals, saying they have been
handed over to the police in the area.
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