FIVE INDIVIDUALS ARE DETAINED BY NSCDC IN FCT FOR ILLEGAL OIL BUNKERING AND DAMAGE.

Babatunji Wusu –

Five alleged vandals and cable thieves have been detained by the Federal Capital Territory Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps for unauthorized possession of communication cables.

Sulieman Abdulamin, 30, of Kagaro Local Government Area in Kaduna State, Musa Yakubu, 37, of Gwagwalada Area Council in the Federal Capital Territory, Celestine Nelson, 29, of Kagaro LGA in Adamawa State, Oluwatosin Henry, 27, of Ondo West LGA in Ondo State, and Okolawen Femi, 25, of Akoko South LGA in Ondo State are the suspects.

Olusola Odumosu, the FCT Commandant, reported that the corps detained two people on Thursday at Pai, in Kwali Area Council, who were in possession of 16 jerrycans of petroleum products believed to be crude oil. He added that an investigation was ongoing to determine the source of the products and, possibly, to identify the man hiding behind the mask.

Two further people who were suspected of damaging the armored cables belonging to the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company at the offices of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation were also detained.

Officers from the Command also detained a second suspect who had gone and moved a flat-screen television at Maitama District Hospital.

“In the course of carrying out this noble assignment, the Command arrests suspects on a daily basis based on its usual proactive approach to work,” Odumosu said during the ceremony. Every day, suspect vandals and other offenders are caught with their exhibits in hand.

The command is not willing to compromise its endeavor to completely and irrevocably eradicate all types of vandalism and criminality within the metropolis, thus at the conclusion of the investigations, the suspects will be prosecuted.

‘Action for Peace: Our Ambition for the Global Goals’ was the subject chosen by Odumosu to commemorate the 2023 International Day of Peace. He remarked, “Today is a call to action that respects our individual and communal responsibility to create peace.

“Supporting peace helps realize the Sustainable Development Goals, and realizing the Sustainable Development Goals will build a culture of peace for all.”