LAWMA OFFICIAL ARRESTED FOR STEALING STREET-LIGHT CABLES [PHOTO]

The operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of Lagos State Police Command, have arrested an official of the Lagos State Waste Management Authority, Ibrahim Alli, for allegedly vandalizing and stealing the cables that supplied power to streetlights in the Opebi, Ikeja area of the state.

Ibrahim who is alleged to be a suspected member of a two-man syndicate which specialize in vandalizing and stealing street light power cable, was arrested on Friday, September 25, in the Opebi area.

Sources 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 . . .

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.”

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