The
police in Lagos have arrested an official of the Lagos State Waste
Management Authority, Ibrahim Alli, for allegedly vandalising and
stealing the cables that supplied power to streetlights in the Opebi,
Ikeja area of the state.
PUNCH Metro learnt that 29-year-old
Alli, said to be a member of a two-man syndicate, was arrested on
Friday, September 25, in the area.
The police said the suspect
works with LAWMA in the Onipanu area, while his accomplice, identified
only as Yunusa, evaded arrest. They said a manhunt had been launched for
him.
Our correspondent learnt that the police recovered items,
including electrical cables, a shovel, a LAWMA identity card, and one
wristwatch from the suspect.
Alli, from Adamawa State, in his
statement to the police, confessed to the crime, adding that it was
Yunusa who introduced the idea to him.
He added that he was usually given only N1,500 from the sale of the cables.
He
said, “Yunusa and I went to Opebi in Lagos at about 12.30am to steal
the cables. Yunusa is the one who sold the cables. I do not know the
receiver. I only assisted him in taking the cables from the place. He
gave me N1,500 after the sales.
“I work with the Lagos State
Waste Management Authority at Onipanu. I am not contented with the money
being paid to us. Yunusa was the one who led me to the crime.”
The
Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Joe Offor, confirmed the arrest.
He added that efforts were on to apprehend the fleeing member.
He
said, “Policemen, who were on routine patrol in the area, sighted the
two men vandalising the streetlight cables, which had left the entire
community in darkness. One of the suspects was apprehended, while the
second suspect escaped.”
A police source added that the suspect had been charged to court.
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