Nine
persons have been arrested for alleged vandalism of power supply
infrastructure in Saminaka Local Government of Kaduna State.
The
Head, Corporate Communications of Kaduna Electric, Abdulazeez Abdullahi
stated this in a statement issued in Kaduna at the weekend.
He
disclosed that "the nine suspected vandals and their four motor
vehicles were recently apprehended by the police in Saminaka while
perpetrating their nefarious activities and have since been transferred
to Kaduna".
According to him, three of the suspects have been arraigned before the Magistrate Court 1, Ibrahim Taiwo Road, Kaduna for vandalizing power supply equipment worth millions of naira belonging to Kaduna Electric.
The
remaining six suspects were arraigned before magistrate court 16, also
in Ibrahim Taiwo Road, Kaduna for vandalizing power supply installation
of the Niger Delta Power Holding company of Nigeria, the operator of the
National Integrated Power Projects.
He
lamented the recent increase in the cases of vandalism of power supply
assets belonging to the Company which according to him is "telling
negatively on the efforts of the Company to provide steady and
qualitative power supply".
He
appealed to the general public to be more vigilant and raise alarm
especially when strangers are seen around power supply facilities at odd
hours.
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