Troops arrest corper, undergraduates, others for destroying national assets in Borno [PHOTOS]

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Troops arrest corper, undergraduates, others for destroying national assets in Borno [PHOTOS]

Troops of Operation LAFIYA DOLE on patrol at the outskirts of Maiduguri metropolis, Borno State, on Monday, arrested four suspected vandals of critical national assets.

The patrol team intercepted Aliyu Jubril, 24 years and a member of National Youth Service Corps; Ismail Baba, 22, and a student of Ramat Polytechnic; Mohammed Suleiman, 25, a driver and Mohammed Bukar, 15, and assistant to the driver, at Silo along Maiduguri-Damboa road while attempting to cart away heavy armoured cable belonging to Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) they had vandalized.


Army spokesman, Col. Sani Usman, in a statement said the suspects loaded the heavy cables in a truck using a crane with registration number 09B-15BO before their arrest.

One of the suspects came with a Honda Accord car (2001 model) with registration number GA 544-ABC in a bid to escort to an undisclosed location.

“The suspects are being interrogated and would soon be handed over to the appropriate security agency,” it added.