Corp arrests 3 IDPs with stolen high tension cables in Borno
Ibrahim said three suspects were arrested with about one pickup-load of high tension copper cable.
Personnel of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps.
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The Commandant of the corps, Abdullahi Ibrahim, who stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Maiduguri, said the suspects, Bukar Bukar, Abdu Idi and Modu Mairanbe, were arrested in Kalari area of Konduga Local Government area in Borno.
Ibrahim said three suspects were arrested with about one pickup-load of high tension copper cable at Kalari along Konduga, near Aloe dam area,
“The command got the information through our surveillance team monitoring facilities and other critical infrastructures in the area.
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“Bukar said it was the first time he was engaging in the act but Abdu had been doing it for a long time,” said the commandant.
The wires were facilities of Yola Electric Distribution Company (YEDC) that were brought down from high tension poles by windstorm.
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