Lagos Neighborhood officers nab three for stealing electricity cable 

Neighborhood Officers of the Egbe-Idimu command has apprehended three notorious cable thieves while on night patrol in Egbe Idimu Local Council Development Area of Alimosho, Lagos State.

The suspects, Balogun Quadri (M) 26 of Moshood Balogun street of Greenland Estate and Yusuf Idris (M) 23 an itinerant scavenger from Kano were apprehended while cutting Transfomer supply cables.

The suspects named one Abdulhameed Mohammed as the receiver of the cables they had vandalized in the past and was waiting for the ones they were arrested with .

They were caught with their tools including hacksaws, pairs of scissors, drilling machine, spanners, cables among others tools.

The suspects also confessed to have vandalized several other cables in the past and they have since been transferred to the police for further investigation and possibly prosecution. 

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