30-year-old
Kogi State indigene, Pius Ojoka, nab on Wednesday morning while stealing cables. Ojoka, who was arrested as he attempted to steal cables that had been
laid as part of the Lagos State Government’s Light Up Lagos Project,
fled along with three other suspects when they saw the police
Saturday PUNCH learnt that during the patrol of an RRS team on the Third
Mainland Bridge, they sighted Ojoka and two other suspects crawling out
of a manhole on the bridge’s median.
An RRS source told our correspondent that Ojoka was arrested while his two accomplices escaped.
The suspect said in his statement,
An RRS source told our correspondent that Ojoka was arrested while his two accomplices escaped.
The suspect said in his statement,
“I just relocated from Abuja to Lagos
last week. I specialised in stealing utility cables in Abuja and
thought it would be far more lucrative in Lagos.
“I was just hungry on Wednesday and I thought the stealing the cables was the fastest way to make money. I thought about many other things, but the cables were the best option.”
According to Ojoka, he lives under a tree on the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway and met his accomplices in the same place.
“But truthfully, we had not been able to cut the cables before RRS caught me. I always sold the cables I stole in Abuja to one man outside Kaduna,” he said.
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Superintendent of Police, Dolapo Badmos, who confirmed his arrest, said that the state would not tolerate vandalism and sabotage of government’s efforts.
The suspect has been transferred to the Department of Criminal Investigation, Yaba, for further investigatgion.
“I was just hungry on Wednesday and I thought the stealing the cables was the fastest way to make money. I thought about many other things, but the cables were the best option.”
According to Ojoka, he lives under a tree on the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway and met his accomplices in the same place.
“But truthfully, we had not been able to cut the cables before RRS caught me. I always sold the cables I stole in Abuja to one man outside Kaduna,” he said.
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Superintendent of Police, Dolapo Badmos, who confirmed his arrest, said that the state would not tolerate vandalism and sabotage of government’s efforts.
The suspect has been transferred to the Department of Criminal Investigation, Yaba, for further investigatgion.
Electricity cables Thief caught in Lagos
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