Troops on patrol at the outskirts of Maiduguri metropolis, Borno State at about 1.20am today, arrested 4 suspected vandals of critical national assets in the area.
Intercepted by the patrol team are:
1. Aliyu Jubril, 24 years old man, who is also a member of National Youth Service Corps,
2. Ismail Baba, 22 years old and a student of Ramat Polytechnic,
3. Mohammed Suleiman, aged 25, a driver and,
4. Mohammed Bukar aged 15, and assistant to the driver.
They were arrested at Silo along Maiduguri-Damboa road.
The arrest took place while they were attempting to cart away heavy armoured cable belonging to Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) that they vandalized.
They lifted and loaded the heavy cables in a truck using a crane with registration number 09B-15BO before their arrest.
One of the suspects came with a Honda Accord car (2001 model) with registration number GA 544-ABC in a bid to escort to an undisclosed location.
The suspects are being interrogated and would soon be handed over to the appropriate security agency.
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