A 24-year-old Nigerien, identified as Seidu Ali, has been apprehended by the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos state police command for allegedly stealing electrical cables.
He was said to have been arrested on the Third Mainland Bridge on Wednesday 27 December 2023 as disclosed by the Lagos State Police Command on its X handle (formerly Twitter)on Thursday 28 December 2023.
“Yesterday, around 1pm, operatives of the Rapid Response Squad on routine patrol of Third Mainland Bridge arrested a suspected cable thief and retrieved from him four bounded strands of cables.
“The arrest of the suspect, a Nigerien, Seidu Ali (24), was the second in three weeks.
“He had earlier been arrested and reprimanded for attempting to steal cable on Third Mainland Bridge”.
While adding that four bounded strands of cables were retrieved from the suspect, the Commander, RRS, Olayinka Egbeyemi, was quoted to have directed that the suspect be charged to court without any delays.
