Operatives of the FCT Police Command have arrested eight suspected vandals for allegedly stealing and destroying streetlight infrastructure across Abuja.
The suspects were apprehended by officers attached to the Central Police Station during a routine anti-crime patrol within the city centre.
The FCT Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Mohammed Sanusi, said preliminary investigations revealed that the suspects allegedly belonged to a criminal gang responsible for vandalising and stealing public and private infrastructure across the Central Business District, Maitama, Wuse, Garki and Asokoro.
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Five long streetlight poles, allegedly cut down and stolen, were recovered from the suspects.
The police said the suspects remain in custody and will be charged to court after investigations are concluded.
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