By Olokuta Rofiat
Vigilante operatives in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have arrested a man identified as Peters Shina for allegedly vandalising high-tension electricity cables along Ashara village in the Kwali Area Council.
According to a member of the vigilante group, Yunusa Saidu, the suspect was apprehended around 4:23 p.m. on Thursday after residents raised the alarm upon seeing him cutting down fallen cables.
Saidu said Shina, a native of Kabba in Kogi State who resides in Gwako near Gwagwalada, confessed to the crime and was handed over to the police at the Danagra Division.
In a related incident, three other suspects were intercepted while transporting stolen cables in a Golf car near Piri village, also in Kwali.
A police source disclosed that the driver abandoned the vehicle and fled, while the other occupants were arrested after a brief chase by security operatives.
The suspects are currently in custody at the Kwali Police Division, and the vehicle has been impounded.
Cases of electricity cable vandalism have become increasingly rampant across the FCT.
Recently, transmission lines between Manderegi village and Abaji town were destroyed, plunging parts of Abaji into darkness.
Efforts to reach the FCT Police Command spokesperson, SP Adeh Josephine, for comments were unsuccessful, as calls and text messages were not responded to as of press time.
