It was an unsuccessful operations for two cable vandals early this morning as Rapid Response Squad (RRS) officers on night patrol at Maryland intercepted the two vandals with 240mm armored cable bounded in three rolls.The vandals, Tairu Bello (31) and Bishir Abubakar (32), were arrested around Idi – Iroko very close to Anthony Village loading the three rolls of 240mm cable into danfo about 5:00 a.m. today.They confirmed the cable were dug out of the ground at Idi Ir...

It was a sad end for a suspected electricity cable thief who met a grim fate near an electricity transformer in Niger state on Friday, September 8.The suspect was discovered lifeless early this morning. The deceased was suspected of attempting to pilfer electricity cables from the transformer, met his demise when power was unexpectedly restored.Unfortunately, the young man’s daring endeavor to abscond with the cables ended in a fatal electrocution during a brazen ac...

A Northerner in Osogbo, the capital city of Osun State has been electrocuted when trying to steal some part of the transformer in an Estate in the city.The man was discovered early yesterday morning when his dead body was dangling on the fence of the transformer.It was gathered that the suspect was electrocuted on Monday, August 15, while allegedly trying to steal cables from a transformer at Kolade Estate in Ogo Oluwa area of Osogbo.The appropriate authority has ev...